Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 7,897 residents, it is a town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Schools are its strong suit (A−) — bac results 4 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.2 points above the expected rate. At B overall, Contes is better than 62% of compared French towns and ranks #15 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. Recorded crime is low (B+): an average of 7.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. What counts against it is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Contes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Contes 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 →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Contes counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1906.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Contes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Contes, houses go for €4,091/m² and apartments for €2,966/m². Homes sold for a median €3,519/m², lower than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€4,877/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 173 houses and apartments changed hands here from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,091/m² | 93 |
| Apartments | €2,966/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #6 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. The nearest collège is 0.6 mi away. At the collèges within 5 km of Contes, 88.5% passed the brevet, close to both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (89.2%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Vallées du Paillon - Roger CarlèsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 169 | 91%+7 pts |
| Lycée René GoscinnyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 248 | 97%+4 pts |
| Collège François RabelaisBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 94 | 91%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Contes was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 146 offenses were recorded locally. Police and gendarmerie recorded 146 offenses in the graded categories here in 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 theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 930 deaths in Contes from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,177, 27% more. Life expectancy at birth in Alpes-Maritimes is 86.5 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 7 GPs practise here.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Contes counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Fontaine publique. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (24%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Contes in two is 46.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Contes | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 3,500 residents in work, Contes has 2,050 jobs: 0.6 each. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (13.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €27,620 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On the Culture ministry’s list, Contes counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Fontaine publique: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Contes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contes | 7,897 | — | B | D | B+ | C |
| L'Escarène | 2,585 | 2.4 | — | C | — | B− |
| Tourrette-Levens | 4,624 | 2.9 | — | D− | — | B− |
| Drap | 5,484 | 3.4 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| La Trinité | 10,602 | 4.6 | C− | D | C− | B− |
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche | 5,896 | 4.9 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
| Levens | 5,377 | 5.4 | B+ | D− | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #16 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 64 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns and #6 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Contes grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Contes is a commune of 7,897 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Paillons. 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 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.
