Fewer journeys need a car: 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 41% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 1 job per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,223/m² costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française. Holiday and other second homes account for 46% of homes.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Tende 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 Tende 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.
Cathédrale (ancienne): Photo: rene boulay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Sauveur: Photo: AzurevaMarinaBOOKS · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle de l'Annonciation: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de la Miséricorde: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tende.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Tende than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or compared French towns: 9.2% are under 15
55.5median age
Degrees are held by a quarter of adults. Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.3%.
TendeAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More commuters in Tende walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or compared French towns: 41.5%
41%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €23,510 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Tende: 650, for 700 residents in work (1 each). No commute at all: 7.9% of working residents here at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving49%
On foot29%
Public transport8%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Tende, 1 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,510
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Tende costs an estimated advertised €12.19/m² a month, against €18.66/m² in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€1,223/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €1,600/m² in Tende, apartments for €1,167/m². 151 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,223/m².
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tende€1,223/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€4,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,600/m²
34
Apartments
€1,167/m²
117
€12.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.63 to €15.43/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,370
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Tende than in Alpes-Maritimes or compared French towns: 34 per 10,000 residents
6historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Tende is Cathédrale (ancienne). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 5 of 6. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a third of the total, higher than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Tende is 22.4 mi from the nearest emergency department
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (156 places) count their residents as Tende’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. There are 4 general practitioners here. Women in Alpes-Maritimes live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 415 residents of Tende died, against 283 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 47% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw147
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Tende · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
22.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier la Palmosa de Menton
32.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Santa Maria
86.5 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-Maritimes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Tende has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
5.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
2025 saw 29 offenses recorded in Tende. Violence against people averaged 5.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.6. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage23
Other physical violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud5
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.
5.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
37.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (37.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Tende is a commune of 1,775 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
Population
1,775 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française
Département
Alpes-Maritimes (06)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
68.4 sq mi (177.2 km²)
INSEE code
06163
Tende’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Tende
Is Tende safe?
Tende has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Tende expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,223/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tende grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
