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1,094 people call this town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur home. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
Where it does best is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 62% 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 13.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Second homes make up nearly four fifths of its housing. Homes go for a median €4,527/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Péone 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.
The 3 things Péone does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Péone 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.
Péone has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Péone has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.
26% 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 Péone.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 43 residents of Péone died, against 113 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 62% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Péone is Clinique Saint George, 30.8 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Alpes-Maritimes is 86.5 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: there is one general practitioner locally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.90/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 175 homes were sold in Péone. Among the homes sold, 11% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €4,576/m² | 155 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Typical age in Péone: 52.7, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Péone | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
17.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Jobs based in Péone number 500, against 450 residents in work (1.2 per worker). The median disposable income was €24,060 a year per consumption unit, below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
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.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Péone has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.2 violent offenses and 15.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The police record for Péone lists 13 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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 50.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and museums in and near Péone. Best known first.
Péone has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Péone.
Péone has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Péone grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Péone is a commune of 1,094 people in the Communauté de communes Alpes 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
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.