Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, this town has 3,815 residents.
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong (A): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes an A, better than 87% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #1 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Châteauneuf-Grasse 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Châteauneuf-Grasse does most differently from other towns.
Châteauneuf-Grasse has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1986.
The list names few of Châteauneuf-Grasse’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame du Brusc: Photo: Didier Chérel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châteauneuf-Grasse.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Alpes-Maritimes, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 442 residents of Châteauneuf-Grasse died, against 504 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The town has 4 family doctors.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €16.71/m² a month, between Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house in Châteauneuf-Grasse goes for €6,439/m², an apartment for €4,038/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €20.47/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €6,439/m² | 92 |
| Apartments | €4,038/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 72 offenses in Châteauneuf-Grasse in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.9 violent offenses and 8.7 graded property crimes a year. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime in the town was other physical violence (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 22.2% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.1 mi off. Schools rank #15 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. At the three general lycées, 96% of 823 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le Pré des RouresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 189 | 95%+2 pts |
| Lycée Alexis de TocquevilleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 322 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège les Jasmins - Sainte MargueriteBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 92 | 93%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.3%, below both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Châteauneuf-Grasse | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 9.1% of the total. Among the classé monuments in Châteauneuf-Grasse is Église Notre-Dame du Brusc. Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (13.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 7.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Châteauneuf-Grasse. Best known first.
MuseumMusée international de la parfumerie4.4 km west, in Grasse
MuseumVilla-musée Jean-Honoré-Fragonard4.5 km west, in Grasse
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Provence4.3 km west, in GrasseAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Valbonne4 km southeast, in ValbonneChâteauChâteauChâteau des comtes de Grasse4 km north, in Le Bar-sur-LoupPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Châteauneuf-Grasse yet.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Châteauneuf-Grasse is a commune of 3,815 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauneuf-Grasse | 3,815 | — | A | D− | A | A+ |
| Opio | 2,527 | 1.2 | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Le Rouret | 4,209 | 2 | — | D− | — | A− |
| Le Bar-sur-Loup | 2,974 | 2.2 | — | D | — | C |
| Grasse | 50,970 | 2.4 | C+ | D | B− | B− |
| Mouans-Sartoux | 11,015 | 3.3 | B+ | D− | B | B+ |
| Valbonne | 11,939 | 3.4 | A− | D− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #6 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #15 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. 95% of 322 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Alexis de Tocqueville in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Châteauneuf-Grasse grades D− for cost of living.
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.