Bargemon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 14.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,479/m², a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bargemon 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 Bargemon.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Money is tighter in Bargemon than in Var’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,530 a year per consumption unit
14.4% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 3.4% of working residents in Bargemon to work at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot11%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Bargemon, 0.7 per working resident
14.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,530
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 83% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Bargemon has fewer young adults than Var’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4% are 15 to 24
Among adults, 25% have a degree. 28% of residents are 65 or over, above both Var’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 14%.
52.4median age
BargemonVar medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bargemon than in Var’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.99/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
115 sales of houses and apartments in Bargemon, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,479/m². The split in the town: €3,000/m² for houses, €1,689/m² for apartments. Houses made up 55% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,479/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bargemon€2,479/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,000/m²
63
Apartments
€1,689/m²
52
€10.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.63 to €13.99/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Bargemon: 32% were built before 1919, more than in both Var’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bargemon is Fontaine du 18s décorant la place. On the Culture ministry’s list, Bargemon counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Bargemon sees more deaths than 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 240 residents of Bargemon died, against 197 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Bargemon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Bargemon is Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan, 7.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Bargemon have one GP on hand.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bargemon · 1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan
7.1 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bargemon
Is Bargemon safe?
Bargemon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.8 recorded violent incidents and 12.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bargemon expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,479/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bargemon grades C+ for cost of living.
About Bargemon
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Bargemon is a commune of 1,433 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération. 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.
