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ClansAlpes-Maritimes

The town, home to 703 people, lies in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Is Clans a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Clans is too small for the grades other French towns get. 26% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Clans stand out

The one thing Clans does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle Saint-Michel
Chapelle Saint-Michel · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Clans’ story

Clans in pictures

Clans has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1942.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1942First protected: Chapelle Saint-Antoine
  • 2000Most recently protected: Église paroissiale, ancienne église collégiale Sainte-Marie
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clans.

History

Clans keeps more of its old housing than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

3 of the 3 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Clans is Église paroissiale, ancienne église collégiale Sainte-Marie. Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé3
Inscrit0
11th c.
oldest protected part
1942
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in Clans are 15 to 24: 8.6%, fewer than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns

25% of residents have reached 65. The age that splits Clans in two is 47.6. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.

47.6median age
ClansAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Clans
ClansAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–248.6%9.1%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6427%28%26%
65+25%24%22%
No diploma15%17%19%
CAP or BEP30%21%26%
Baccalauréat17%20%18%
Higher education32%36%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Clans run lower than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns: a median €24,450 a year per consumption unit

Clans has 150 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Unemployment stood at 6.3%, below both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.3% of working residents in Clans didn’t travel to work at all.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot7%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Clans, 0.4 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Clans costs less than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.75/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €9.46/m² a month. The sales split: 76% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 29 homes were sold in Clans.

€11.75/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Clans€11.75/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€18.66/m²
€11.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.59 to €14.40/m² a month)
€9.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Clans

11pages on Clans

Landmarks

Clans has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Église paroissiale, ancienne église collégiale Sainte-Marie: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Antoine: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Clans

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Clans yet.

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Clans’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Alpes-Maritimes →
LevensSaint-Martin-du-VarCarrosL'EscarèneTourrette-LevensContesLevensSaint-Martin-du-VarCarrosL'EscarèneTourrette-LevensContesClans
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Clans703—————
Levens5,37711B+D−AA−
Saint-Martin-du-Var3,43112BD−B+B+
Carros13,80315CD−B−C
L'Escarène2,58515—C—B−
Tourrette-Levens4,62415—D−—B−
Contes7,89716BDB+C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Clans

Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Clans is a commune of 703 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

Population
703 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Département
Alpes-Maritimes (06)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
14.5 sq mi (37.6 km²)
INSEE code
06042

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 4, 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.