Where it falls short is cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income. It is hard to get around without a car (C−). The median sale price is €3,362/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Peillon 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 Peillon 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Peillon, 6.7%, runs below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Peillon has 100 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker. After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,980 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 2.9% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Motorbike or scooter6%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Peillon, 0.2 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Peillon: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and across compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Peillon is Chapelle des Pénitents blancs ou chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Peillon than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or across compared French towns: 27% of adults
48.2median age
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.2%, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.1%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Residents of Peillon have a median age of 48.2. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
PeillonAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education27%
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
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Peillon sees 90 deaths per 100 expected, against 84 in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Alpes-Maritimes: 86.5 years for women, 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 124 deaths in Peillon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 137: 10% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Peillon is Clinique Saint George, 4.9 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw90
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Peillon · 0.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint George
8.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Santa Maria
86.5 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-Maritimes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Peillon is a commune of 1,408 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
Population
1,408 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays des Paillons
Département
Alpes-Maritimes (06)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
3.4 sq mi (8.7 km²)
INSEE code
06092
Peillon’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Peillon
Is Peillon safe?
Peillon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Peillon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Peillon grades D for cost of living.
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.
