Real strengths, and real weak spots. The weak point is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Le Cannet grades C overall and ranks #34 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. On that grade it does better than 30% of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag (C−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
Each subject compares Le Cannet 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Cannet.
HousingCost of living D−
The median home in Le Cannet sells for €4,026/m², against €4,877/m² in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Le Cannet: €5,760/m² for houses, €3,915/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €19.20/m² a month, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €19.43/m² a month.
€4,026/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Cannet€4,026/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€4,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,760/m²
246
Apartments
€3,915/m²
2,626
€19.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.51 to €23.76/m² a month)
11
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€19.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Getting about on foot is easier in Le Cannet than in 94% of compared French towns
Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 19.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (13.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Also worth knowing: after tax and benefits, the median income is €25,050 a year per consumption unit.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
Public transport11%
Motorbike or scooter9%
On foot7%
Bicycle1%
9,500
jobs based in Le Cannet, 0.6 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Le Cannet skews older, with 27% of residents 65 or over, more than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and across compared French towns
14% are under 15, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.2% of residents. The middle age in Le Cannet is 47.8.
47.8median age
Le CannetAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. 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
Le Cannet: 4 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Le Cannet is Villa le Bosquet du peintre Pierre Bonnard. 3% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Le Cannet run lower than in 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its seven care homes for older people (646 places) count their residents as Le Cannet’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 5,808 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 5,549, 4% fewer. In Alpes-Maritimes, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.5 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 53 general practitioners in the town.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
53
GPs in Le Cannet · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Cannes Simone Veil
0.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Cannes Simone Veil
86.5 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-Maritimes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
89.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the 10 collèges within 5 km, 2.8 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 90% passed the bac pro, of 415 candidates at 3 lycées. Its schools’ results rank #27 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. The bac pass rate near Le Cannet is 92.5%, close to both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
93%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Le Cannet ranks below 51% of compared French towns for crime per resident
The graded crime recorded most in Le Cannet was criminal damage (2025). For 2025, the figures show 870 offenses locally. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.1 violent offenses and 14.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
7.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage361
Family violence185
Other physical violence97
Burglary94
Vehicle theft53
Theft from vehicles42
Sexual violence38
Fraud272
Theft without violence241
Drug use72
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.
7.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
870
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Villa le Bosquet du peintre Pierre Bonnard: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Maison du brigand: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Sainte-Catherine: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Anges ou Sainte-Catherine: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Cannet
Is Le Cannet safe?
It grades B− for safety, #25 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 94 burglaries and 361 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Cannet good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #27 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. 94% of 392 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Carnot in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Cannet expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Cannet grades D− for cost of living.
About Le Cannet
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Le Cannet is a commune of 41,938 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins. 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
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.
