Barjols grades C− overall: better than 18% of compared French towns, and #37 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,090/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Provence Verdon. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Barjols 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 Barjols.
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Barjols sees more deaths than Var’s towns or compared French towns: 121 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Barjols sits above both Var’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 426 residents of Barjols died, against 353 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+21%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw121
Adjusted121
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Barjols · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Brignoles Jean Marcel
11.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Brignoles Jean Marcel
86 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Var, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Incomes in Barjols run lower than in Var’s towns or compared French towns: a median €22,810 a year per consumption unit
On this, Barjols is below both Var’s towns (€26,770) and compared French towns (€25,970). 14.4% of the labour force are out of work. Barjols has 950 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
950
jobs based in Barjols, 0.9 per working resident
14.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Barjols has more crime per resident than 63% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 78 offenses in the graded categories in Barjols in 2025. For 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, 13.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
10recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage39
Family violence16
Other physical violence14
Sexual violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud22
Theft without violence21
Drug use9
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.
10
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
78
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.3%
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
Old homes shape Barjols: 23% were built before 1919, more than in Var’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Barjols comes above both Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Barjols: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Barjols is Église collégiale Notre-Dame dite aussi collégiale Saint-Marcel.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Barjols than in Var’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.09/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Barjols, that is below both Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). No town in Var costs less to buy into than Barjols, at €2,090/m², the lowest of 85. The median price, €2,090/m², comes from 198 sales of houses and apartments in Barjols from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,090/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Barjols€2,090/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,108/m²
93
Apartments
€1,607/m²
105
€11.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.92 to €13.79/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Provence Verdon
Maison dite du Marquis de Pontevès: Photo: BROUARD FREDERIC · CC BY 2.5 · Église collégiale Notre-Dame dite aussi collégiale Saint-Marcel: Photo: Rvalette · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Barjols
Is Barjols safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #38 of 73 in Var.
Are schools in Barjols good?
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #15 of 63 in Var. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Barjols expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,090/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,108/m² (93 sales), apartments €1,607/m² (105 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Barjols grades B− for cost of living.
About Barjols
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Barjols is a commune of 2,984 people in the Communauté de communes Provence 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.
