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Home to 1,446 people, this town lies in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
It is strong on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Le Broc 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.
Each subject compares Le Broc 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.
Le Broc has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Le Broc does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Broc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye de la Madone-des-Prés, in Levens, 4.2 mi away.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Le Broc is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Broc.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €15.50/m² a month, lower than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 43 homes in Le Broc. Among the homes sold, 47% were houses.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 29% of adults. Half of Le Broc is older than 44.8, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Le Broc | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €28,840 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.1% of working residents in Le Broc went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Alpes-Maritimes: 86.5 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 100 deaths in Le Broc from 2016 to 2025; there were 83, 17% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Le Broc records 83 deaths per 100 expected, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (84) and lower than compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Le Broc is Clinique Saint George, 7.9 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ludovic BréaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 88%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Le Broc. Best known first.
MuseumChâteau de Carros3 km southeast, in CarrosChâteauChâteauChâteau de Gilette3.8 km north, in GiletteArt galleryArt galleryElizabeth Foyé3.1 km southeast, in CarrosMuseumMuseumMusée Lou Ferouil3.1 km northeast, in GilettePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Broc yet.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Le Broc is a commune of 1,446 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Broc | 1,446 | — | — | D | — | B+ |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 3,431 | 1.4 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Carros | 13,803 | 3 | C | D− | B− | C |
| Gattières | 4,358 | 3.9 | B− | D− | B+ | C+ |
| Levens | 5,377 | 4 | B+ | D− | A | A− |
| Colomars | 3,409 | 4.9 | — | D− | — | A |
| Saint-Jeannet | 4,453 | 5 | — | D− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Broc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 13.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 51% 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 Le Broc grades D for cost of living.
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.