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Home to 1,380 people, this town lies in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its schools fall short: bac results 3.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.6 points below the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 15% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Sainte-Agnès 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 Sainte-Agnès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Agnès 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.
Sainte-Agnès has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Agnès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Jardin dit Serre de la Madone, in Menton, 1.1 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Sainte-Agnès. Best known first.
GardenJardin botanique du Val-Rahmeh3.2 km east, in Menton
GardenDomaine des Colombières3.6 km east, in MentonFortFortFort Sainte-Agnès, Bloc 2in townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sainte-Agnèsin townAttractionAttractionJardin Médiévalin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Agnès.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €19.24/m² a month, close to Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 55% of what sold. Sainte-Agnès recorded 49 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 68 residents of Sainte-Agnès died, against 93 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. At birth, a girl in Alpes-Maritimes can expect 86.5 years and a boy 81.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Sainte-Agnès is Centre hospitalier la Palmosa de Menton, 1.8 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.9% of commuters travelled at the census. Sainte-Agnès has 100 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.1 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,940 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Sainte-Agnès, 85.6% passed the brevet, below both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (89.2%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 76% of 160 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. The nearest collège is 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Guillaume VentoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 174 | 91%+6 pts |
| Lycée Pierre et Marie CurieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 298 | 87%−5 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 69 | 94%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). 29% of adults hold a degree. Half of Sainte-Agnès is older than 45.6, half younger.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Agnès | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Sainte-Agnès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Agnès yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Agnès | 1,380 | — | — | D− | — | A |
| Menton | 30,604 | 1.3 | D | D− | C− | B+ |
| Roquebrune-Cap-Martin | 12,037 | 2 | C− | D− | C− | A |
| Beausoleil | 11,936 | 4.2 | C+ | D− | C+ | A+ |
| La Turbie | 3,045 | 4.9 | A− | D− | B+ | A+ |
| Cap-d'Ail | 4,482 | 5.7 | B | D− | C+ | A+ |
| Sospel | 3,791 | 6.2 | C | C− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Agnès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 13 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Agnès grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sainte-Agnès is a commune of 1,380 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française. 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 8, 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.