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1,397 residents make their home in this town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. The weak point is cost of living (D−) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 56% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability (D−). Schools lag: brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Blaise 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 Saint-Blaise 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.
Saint-Blaise has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Blaise does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Saint-Blaise; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2001.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Saint-Blaise; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Section des vallons de la Garde et de Costa Rasta, section représentative du canal de la Vésubie: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Siphon de Saint-Blaise, ouvrage technique remarquable du canal de la Vésubie: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Blaise.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for three quarters of sales, apartments for the rest. 28 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Blaise from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 6.1%. 3.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (13.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €30,200 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
13% of residents are 65 or over, below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Typical age in Saint-Blaise: 37.7, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Blaise | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 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 closest collège is 1.8 mi off. General-bac pupils go 6.6 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ludovic BréaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 88%−1 pt |
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Blaise’s deaths ran at 83 per 100 expected, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (84) and lower than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 68 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 56, 17% fewer. Women in Alpes-Maritimes live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.6% of the total, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (6.1%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 2025 count: 5 offenses in Saint-Blaise. Graded property crimes ran at 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.7 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 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, 78.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums and heritage in and near Saint-Blaise. Best known first.
MuseumChâteau de Carros3.8 km southwest, in CarrosArt galleryArt galleryElizabeth Foyé3.8 km southwest, in CarrosMonastery or conventMonastery or conventAncienne abbaye de la Madone-des-Prés4.5 km north, in LevensMuseumMuseumMusée Lou Ferouil4.5 km northwest, in GilettePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Blaise yet.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Blaise is a commune of 1,397 people in the Métropole Nice Côte 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Blaise | 1,397 | — | — | D− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 3,431 | 1.5 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Levens | 5,377 | 2.5 | B+ | D− | A | A− |
| Tourrette-Levens | 4,624 | 2.7 | — | D− | — | B− |
| Carros | 13,803 | 2.9 | C | D− | B− | C |
| Colomars | 3,409 | 3.7 | — | D− | — | A |
| Gattières | 4,358 | 4.3 | B− | D− | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Blaise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.