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The town has 2,123 residents and lies in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C+). Just over a third of homes here are second homes.
Figures: 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Peille 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 Peille 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.
Peille has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Peille does most differently from other towns.
Peille has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The list names few of Peille’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Place Lascaris: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Peille.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Peille. 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 294 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 391, 33% more.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,784/m², between Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€4,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 76 houses and apartments changed hands in Peille from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 62% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,697/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 9.6% of commuters got to work without a car. Peille holds 350 jobs; 950 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. The median disposable income was €27,630 a year per consumption unit, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Peille has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. 16% are under 15, about level with Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Peille in two is 48.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Peille | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12. The police record for Peille lists 18 offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 33.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Peille. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Peille yet.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Peille is a commune of 2,123 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Paillons. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peille | 2,123 | — | — | C | — | A |
| L'Escarène | 2,585 | 3 | — | C | — | B− |
| Contes | 7,897 | 3.4 | B | D | B+ | C |
| La Turbie | 3,045 | 3.6 | A− | D− | B+ | A+ |
| Beausoleil | 11,936 | 4 | C+ | D− | C+ | A+ |
| Drap | 5,484 | 4.2 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Roquebrune-Cap-Martin | 12,037 | 4.7 | C− | D− | C− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Peille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Peille grades C 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.