Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,240 in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Much to like here, and you pay for it. Pégomas’s overall grade, A−, puts it better than 77% of compared French towns. It ranks #5 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. What counts against it is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 one thing Pégomas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pégomas 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 Pégomas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de la Ferrage, in Grasse, 3.8 mi away.
3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pégomas.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Pégomas goes for €5,036/m², an apartment for €4,581/m². The estimated advertised rent is €18.43/m² a month, close to Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 51% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,036/m² | 130 |
| Apartments | €4,581/m² | 127 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Pégomas came to 105 in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.9 violent offenses and 8.4 graded property crimes a year. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 armed robbery and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 1.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #10 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. General-bac pupils go 4 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Arnaud BeltrameNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 92%−1 pt |
| Collège Les MimosasBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 126 | 97%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Pégomas records 81 deaths per 100 expected, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (84) and lower than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 921 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,041, 13% more. 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. 13 GPs practise in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
7.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (13.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,640 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.9%. Children under 15 make up 18%, above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Half of Pégomas is older than 45.1, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Pégomas | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Pégomas. Best known first.
Nothing in Pégomas 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 Pégomas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pégomas | 8,240 | — | A− | D− | A− | B+ |
| Auribeau-sur-Siagne | 3,401 | 1.2 | C+ | D− | A+ | B− |
| La Roquette-sur-Siagne | 5,669 | 1.3 | B+ | D− | A− | B− |
| Mouans-Sartoux | 11,015 | 2.6 | B+ | D− | B | B+ |
| Mougins | 19,782 | 3.5 | B− | D− | C+ | A− |
| Mandelieu-la-Napoule | 21,640 | 3.5 | C | D− | C− | B |
| Grasse | 50,970 | 3.9 | C+ | D | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #10 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns and #10 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pégomas grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Pégomas is a commune of 8,240 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Grasse. 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.