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It is a town of 1,241 residents in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most (C+): brevet results 2.8 points below the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health, B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. Second homes make up 26% of its housing.
Figures: 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. Spéracèdes 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 Spéracèdes 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.
Spéracèdes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Spéracèdes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Spéracèdes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen de Lou Serre Dinguille, in Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne, 1.5 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Spéracèdes 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 Spéracèdes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €4,608/m², lower than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€4,877/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house rents for an estimated €18.46/m² a month. Houses made up 85% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,936/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 15%, about level with Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1% of the town. Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Spéracèdes | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 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.
General-bac pupils go 3.1 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away. Near Spéracèdes, 88.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (89.2%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ArèneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.0% 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. Spéracèdes holds 100 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Unemployment stands at 8.6%.
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.
Women in Alpes-Maritimes live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 134 deaths in Spéracèdes from 2016 to 2025; there were 117, 13% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Spéracèdes can choose among 2 GPs.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Other places to visit and family days out in and near Spéracèdes. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Spéracèdes yet.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Spéracèdes is a commune of 1,241 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spéracèdes | 1,241 | — | — | D− | — | B− |
| Peymeinade | 8,514 | 1.1 | C+ | D− | A− | B− |
| Le Tignet | 3,212 | 1.1 | — | D− | — | B− |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne | 4,056 | 3 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey | 3,658 | 3.4 | B | D | A− | C− |
| Grasse | 50,970 | 3.6 | C+ | D | B− | B− |
| Auribeau-sur-Siagne | 3,401 | 3.8 | C+ | D− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Spéracèdes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 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.
They grade C+, better than 38% 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 Spéracèdes 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 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.