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A town of 3,194 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Health is a strength (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C−): 35% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 24% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Bagnols-en-Forêt has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Bagnols-en-Forêt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bagnols-en-Forêt 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.
Bagnols-en-Forêt has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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Bagnols-en-Forêt has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 8th century; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
12% 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 Bagnols-en-Forêt.
The unemployment rate comes to 9.0%. Bagnols-en-Forêt has 500 jobs for 1,350 working residents, 0.3 per worker. No commute at all: 4.9% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Bagnols-en-Forêt: €3,949/m² for houses, €3,568/m² for apartments. The market in the town: 166 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Also worth knowing: for a house, the estimated advertised rent is €17.02/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,949/m² | 118 |
| Apartments | €3,568/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Bagnols-en-Forêt is Centre hospitalier Inter Communal de Frejus Saint Raphael, 7.5 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 392 residents of Bagnols-en-Forêt died, against 378 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Life expectancy at birth in Var is 86 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners here.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, higher than both Var’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. Retirement age and beyond: 26% of residents are 65 or older.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Bagnols-en-Forêt | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 8th century. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Bagnols-en-Forêt. Best known first.
Bagnols-en-Forêt has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Denis: Photo: Goéland · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bagnols-en-Forêt yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagnols-en-Forêt | 3,194 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Fayence | 6,157 | 5 | C− | D | B− | B+ |
| Tourrettes | 2,972 | 5.1 | D | D | C+ | B− |
| Puget-sur-Argens | 8,602 | 5.5 | D− | D | D− | D |
| Montauroux | 7,183 | 6.1 | C | D | B− | C |
| Callian | 3,823 | 6.1 | B− | C− | A− | B− |
| Seillans | 2,941 | 6.3 | — | C− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bagnols-en-Forêt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.58/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bagnols-en-Forêt grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Bagnols-en-Forêt is a commune of 3,194 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Fayence. 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.