Aups has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,267/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Lacs et Gorges du Verdon. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Aups 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aups.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Aups’ ages would predict, 115 per 100 expected, above Var’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Aups comes above both Var’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 452 residents of Aups died, against 318 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 42% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+15%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw142
Adjusted115
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Aups · 5.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan
13 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan
86 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Var, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 35% of people in Aups are 65 or over, more than in Var’s towns or compared French towns
For Aups, that is above both Var’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 13% of the town.
55.4median age
AupsVar medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Money is tighter in Aups than in Var’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,030 a year per consumption unit
That puts Aups below both Var’s towns (€26,770) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 18.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Aups has 800 jobs for 750 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot16%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
800
jobs based in Aups, 1.1 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Aups has more crime per resident than 62% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 48 offenses in the graded categories in Aups in 2025. For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 19.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
13recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence20
Criminal damage19
Other physical violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
Theft without violence9
Drug use6
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.
13
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
48
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
19.3%
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
History
More protected monuments for its size in Aups than in Var or compared French towns: 23 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Aups is above both Var’s towns (1.7) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Aups: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Aups is Tour de l'Horloge.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Aups than in Var’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.45/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,267/m², below Var’s towns (€3,797/m²) and close to compared French towns (€2,430/m²). In Aups, houses go for €2,634/m² and apartments for €1,667/m².
€2,267/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aups€2,267/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,634/m²
93
Apartments
€1,667/m²
35
€10.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.37 to €13.05/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,810
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Lacs et Gorges du Verdon
Tour de l'Horloge: Photo: Perditax · CC0 · Église Saint-Pancrace: Photo: Rémi Jouan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Taurenne: Photo: René Dinkel · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aups
Are schools in Aups good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aups expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Aups grades C+ for cost of living.
About Aups
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Aups is a commune of 2,192 people in the Communauté de communes Lacs et Gorges du Verdon. 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
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.
