Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,609 residents, it is a town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Gorbio’s strongest subject is health (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. It also trails on schools: bac results 3.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.6 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Gorbio 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 3 things Gorbio does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gorbio 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.
Gorbio 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 Gorbio as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Jardin dit Serre de la Madone, in Menton, 1 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Gorbio. Best known first.
GardenJardin botanique du Val-Rahmeh4.3 km east, in Menton
GardenDomaine des Colombières4.8 km east, in MentonMuseumMuseumTour Lascarisin townChâteauChâteauVieux Chateauin townMuseumMuseumMusée Jean-Cocteau - Collection Séverin Wunderman4 km east, in MentonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gorbio.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €19.24/m² a month, about level with Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 36% were houses. 50 houses and apartments changed hands in Gorbio from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €5,021/m² | 32 |
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.
Women in Alpes-Maritimes live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 334 deaths in Gorbio from 2016 to 2025; there were 504, 51% more. The nearest emergency department to Gorbio is Centre hospitalier la Palmosa de Menton, 1.7 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 76% of 160 candidates passed the bac pro. The brevet pass rate near Gorbio is 85.6%, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (89.2%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institution Saint-Joseph Carnolès PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée Pierre et Marie CurieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 298 | 87%−5 pts |
| Collège Guillaume VentoBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 174 | 91%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
28% of adults hold a degree, below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (36%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents. Half the people of Gorbio are older than 48.3.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Gorbio | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.6% of people in the labour force have no job. 150 jobs are based in Gorbio, for 700 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 11.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (13.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gorbio 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 Gorbio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorbio | 1,609 | — | — | D− | — | A− |
| Roquebrune-Cap-Martin | 12,037 | 1.6 | C− | D− | C− | A |
| Menton | 30,604 | 1.7 | D | D− | C− | B+ |
| Beausoleil | 11,936 | 3.2 | C+ | D− | C+ | A+ |
| La Turbie | 3,045 | 3.9 | A− | D− | B+ | A+ |
| Cap-d'Ail | 4,482 | 4.7 | B | D− | C+ | A+ |
| L'Escarène | 2,585 | 6 | — | C | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gorbio has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 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 19% 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 Gorbio grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Gorbio is a commune of 1,609 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française. 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.