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This town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has a population of 1,666.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is cost of living (D−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on schools: brevet results 3.9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Castagniers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Castagniers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Castagniers with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Castagniers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Castagniers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye de la Madone-des-Prés, in Levens, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Castagniers.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €3,796/m², lower than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€4,877/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Castagniers: 33 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 82% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 142 deaths in Castagniers from 2016 to 2025; there were 106, 25% fewer. Women in Alpes-Maritimes live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Castagniers is Clinique Saint George, 4.8 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.3 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 188 | 85%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €29,120 a year per consumption unit, close to Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.1% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Degrees are held by a third of adults. Under 15: 17% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Castagniers | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Castagniers. Best known first.
MuseumChâteau de Carros3.4 km west, in CarrosChâteauChâteauChâteau de Tourette-Levens3.9 km east, in Tourrette-LevensFortFortFort du Mont Chauve3.2 km southeast, in AspremontArt galleryArt galleryElizabeth Foyé3.3 km west, in CarrosMuseumMuseumChâteau-Musée d'Histoire naturelle3.9 km east, in Tourrette-LevensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Castagniers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Castagniers yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castagniers | 1,666 | — | — | D− | — | A− |
| Carros | 13,803 | 2.1 | C | D− | B− | C |
| Tourrette-Levens | 4,624 | 2.1 | — | D− | — | B− |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 3,431 | 2.4 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Colomars | 3,409 | 2.4 | — | D− | — | A |
| Gattières | 4,358 | 3.4 | B− | D− | B+ | C+ |
| Levens | 5,377 | 3.9 | B+ | D− | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Castagniers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Castagniers grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Castagniers is a commune of 1,666 people in the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.