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A town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, home to 5,484 people.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its strongest is walkability — 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Drap grades B− overall and ranks #19 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. It comes out better than 54% of compared French towns. Crime is low (B+): an average of 7.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes are dear (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.4% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Drap does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Drap 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Drap as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Observatoire d'astronomie du Montgros (également sur commune de La Trinité), in Nice, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Drap.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €3,977/m², lower than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€4,877/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses sell for €4,335/m² in Drap, apartments for €3,295/m². Sales here from July 2023 to June 2026: 124 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,335/m² | 48 |
| Apartments | €3,295/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 11.4%, above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. No commute at all: 2.5% of working residents in Drap at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 81 offenses in Drap in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 8.2% 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.
For a family doctor, residents of Drap can choose among 9 GPs. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Drap records 81 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 545 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 656, 20% more. At birth, a girl in Alpes-Maritimes can expect 86.5 years and a boy 81.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Drap, 97.0% passed the bac, above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Collège pupils travel 1.7 mi to the nearest one. Schools rank #14 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La BourgadeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 79%−4 pts |
| Lycée René GoscinnyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 248 | 97%+4 pts |
| Collège Maurice JaubertBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 149 | 74%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (36%) and compared French towns (30%). Drap has a median age of 40.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Drap | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Drap. Best known first.
MuseumAstrorama3.2 km southeast, in La TrinitéChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-André3.5 km southwest, in Saint-André-de-la-RocheChâteauChâteauChâteau de Tourette-Levens4.9 km northwest, in Tourrette-LevensFortFortOppidum du Castellar3.7 km southeast, in ÈzeAttractionAttractionParfumerie Fragonard4.4 km southeast, in ÈzePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Drap is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Drap.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drap | 5,484 | — | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| La Trinité | 10,602 | 1.3 | C− | D | C− | B− |
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche | 5,896 | 2.2 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
| Contes | 7,897 | 3.4 | B | D | B+ | C |
| Tourrette-Levens | 4,624 | 3.5 | — | D− | — | B− |
| Beaulieu-sur-Mer | 3,874 | 3.6 | B+ | D− | C+ | A |
| La Turbie | 3,045 | 3.8 | A− | D− | B+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #16 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #14 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Drap grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Drap is a commune of 5,484 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 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.