Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 8,514 people, this town lies in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Strong in places, weak in others. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Peymeinade grades C+ overall, better than 43% of compared French towns, and ranks #24 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. Its strongest subject is safety: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools, B− for health, C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Peymeinade 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 one thing Peymeinade does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Peymeinade as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Villa Noailles, in Grasse, 2.1 mi away.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Peymeinade is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Peymeinade.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.36/m² a month, below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) but above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Peymeinade sell for €3,337/m², houses for €4,369/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €20.08/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,369/m² | 225 |
| Apartments | €3,337/m² | 177 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The police record for Peymeinade lists 133 offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Peymeinade (2025).
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 sexual violence and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Degrees are held by a third of adults. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Peymeinade | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #20 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes on results. Near Peymeinade, 92.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ArèneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 95%+1 pt |
| Lycée Amiral de GrasseNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 329 | 96%−1 pt |
| Collège Fénelon PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 228 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,890 a year per consumption unit, close to Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Peymeinade counts 0.4 jobs (1,400 jobs, 3,500 workers). Public transport took 2.3% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. 807 deaths in Peymeinade between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 916: 12% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Peymeinade come to 88 per 100 predicted.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Peymeinade. Best known first.
MuseumMusée international de la parfumerie4.2 km northeast, in Grasse
MuseumVilla-musée Jean-Honoré-Fragonard4.1 km northeast, in Grasse
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Provence4.2 km northeast, in GrasseAttractionAttractionHôtel de Clapiers-Cabris4.2 km northeast, in GrasseAttractionAttractionLe pré des pitchouns3.4 km southeast, in Auribeau-sur-SiagnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Peymeinade as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Peymeinade is a commune of 8,514 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peymeinade | 8,514 | — | C+ | D− | A− | B− |
| Le Tignet | 3,212 | 1.5 | — | D− | — | B− |
| Auribeau-sur-Siagne | 3,401 | 2.7 | C+ | D− | A+ | B− |
| Grasse | 50,970 | 2.8 | C+ | D | B− | B− |
| Pégomas | 8,240 | 4 | A− | D− | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne | 4,056 | 4 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey | 3,658 | 4.1 | B | D | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 61 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #20 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. 96% of 329 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Amiral de Grasse 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Peymeinade grades D− 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 9, 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.