There are no grades for La Brigue: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 58% of its homes are second homes. Homes change hands at a median €1,119/m². Just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
What makes La Brigue stand out
The 3 things La Brigue does most differently from other towns.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines: Photo: Mmo75 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle supérieure de l'Annonciation ou chapelle des Pénitents Blancs d'en-haut: Photo: Tangopaso · Public domain · Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs ou chapelle Saint-Michel: Photo: Tangopaso · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Brigue.
Who lives here
Few people in La Brigue are 15 to 24: 4.5%, fewer than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns
56.6median age
People 65 and over make up 35% of the town, above both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 9.6% of the people here. La Brigue has a median age of 56.6.
La BrigueAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
La Brigue keeps more of its old housing than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or compared French towns: 53% built before 1919
7historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in La Brigue: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
31.4% of commuters in La Brigue go to work without a car, more than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns
31%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income is €21,650 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in La Brigue number 200, against 300 residents in work (0.7 per worker). Public transport took 8.0% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving62%
On foot18%
Public transport8%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
200
jobs based in La Brigue, 0.7 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Renting in La Brigue costs an estimated advertised €12.19/m² a month, against €18.66/m² in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€1,119/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 54% houses, the rest apartments. A house rents for an estimated €19.11/m² a month. Sales in La Brigue from July 2023 to June 2026: 56 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Brigue€1,119/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€4,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,365/m²
30
€12.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.63 to €15.43/m² a month)
€19.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Brigue is a commune of 763 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
Population
763 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française
Département
Alpes-Maritimes (06)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
36.1 sq mi (93.5 km²)
INSEE code
06162
La Brigue’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
