Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools, B− for health and C+ for walkability. The median price paid is €4,369/m².
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Tourrette-Levens has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Tourrette-Levens 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.
Château et son enceinte fortifiée: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tourrette-Levens.
HousingCost of living D−
The estimated advertised rent in Tourrette-Levens is €16.56/m² a month, against €18.66/m² in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€4,369/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Tourrette-Levens goes for €4,467/m², an apartment for €3,895/m². Houses made up 69% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. The market in the town: 118 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tourrette-Levens€4,369/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€4,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,467/m²
81
Apartments
€3,895/m²
37
€16.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.69 to €20.03/m² a month)
12
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€18.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,530
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Tourrette-Levens: 3 historic monuments, none of them classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.3% of the total, above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (6.1%) and close to compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
48.4median age
Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 8.8% of residents. Half of Tourrette-Levens is older than 48.4, half younger.
Tourrette-LevensAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. 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 B
Fewer people in Tourrette-Levens are out of work than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or across compared French towns: 7.4%
9%walk, cycle or take transit
After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,550 a year per consumption unit. Nearly one in ten 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. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Tourrette-Levens didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter5%
On foot3%
Bicycle0%
650
jobs based in Tourrette-Levens, 0.3 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Tourrette-Levens’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 52% of compared French towns
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
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. Its four care homes for older people (159 places) count their residents as Tourrette-Levens’; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 568 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 664, 17% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Tourrette-Levens · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint George
6.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Nice Hopital de L Archet
86.5 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-Maritimes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Tourrette-Levens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.1 violent offenses and 6 graded property crimes a year. In all, 43 offenses reached the police record in Tourrette-Levens in 2025. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Family violence15
Armed robbery0
Fraud29
Theft without violence7
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
43
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
28.4%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 28.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Tourrette-Levens is a commune of 4,624 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
Population
4,624 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Département
Alpes-Maritimes (06)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
6.4 sq mi (16.5 km²)
INSEE code
06147
Tourrette-Levens’ 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 Tourrette-Levens
Is Tourrette-Levens safe?
Tourrette-Levens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Tourrette-Levens good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #17 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tourrette-Levens expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tourrette-Levens grades D− 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.
