Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 13,012 people, this town lies in Réunion.
Where it falls short is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With a D overall, Bras-Panon sits #13 of 22 in Réunion. It comes out better than 9% of compared French towns. Its best grade is for walkability (A−): 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,870/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale de la Réunion Est (CIREST). The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Bras-Panon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bras-Panon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Bras-Panon; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2010.
0.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bras-Panon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 616 deaths in Bras-Panon from 2016 to 2025; there were 788, 28% more. Average lifespans in Réunion: 84.5 years for women, 78.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 14 GPs practise in the town.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
13% of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with Réunion’s towns (13%) and above compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 13% of residents. Among adults, 21% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Réunion 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Bras-Panon | Réunion median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 14% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 35% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Réunion median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,870/m², comes from 152 sales of houses and apartments in Bras-Panon from July 2023 to June 2026. In Bras-Panon, houses go for €2,273/m² and apartments for €1,756/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.82/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,273/m² | 71 |
| Apartments | €1,756/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €19,160 a year per consumption unit, close to Réunion’s towns (€19,045) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 27.3% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 4.7% of working residents in Bras-Panon went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 0.2% of the total, close to Réunion’s towns (0.4%) and below compared French towns (7.4%). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 11.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8. In 2025, 237 offenses were recorded in Bras-Panon. More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence than anything else (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 armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Bras-Panon is 87.2%, below Réunion’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. On school results, the town ranks #14 of 24 in Réunion. At the three general lycées, 93% of 811 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fanny DesjardinsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 171 | 83%+4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Paul MoreauNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 126 | 94%±0 pts |
| Collège privé La Salle Alexandre Monnet PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 130 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Bras-Panon. Best known first.
Bras-Panon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bras-Panon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bras-Panon | 13,012 | — | D | D | B | D− |
| Saint-André | 58,885 | 3 | D− | D | B− | D− |
| Saint-Benoît | 38,604 | 4.5 | D− | D | C | D− |
| Sainte-Suzanne | 25,551 | 6.4 | C− | D | B+ | D− |
| La Plaine-des-Palmistes | 6,936 | 10 | D | D | B | D− |
| Sainte-Marie | 37,093 | 10 | D | D | C+ | D |
| Salazie | 7,268 | 11 | C | C− | B | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #8 of 22 in Réunion. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 69 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns and #14 of 24 in Réunion. 94% of 126 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Paul Moreau in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,870/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.12/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bras-Panon grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Réunion
Bras-Panon is a commune of 13,012 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale de la Réunion Est (CIREST). 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 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.