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A town of 3,540 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Carcès grades D− overall: better than 2% of compared French towns, and #61 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,937/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte. Its strongest is walkability (B): 62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% 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.
The 3 things Carcès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Carcès 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Carcès, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
17% 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 Carcès.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Carcès, that is below both Var’s towns (85.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #63 of 63 in Var.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Geneviève De Gaulle-AnthoniozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 75%−12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Carcès’ deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, above both Var’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 538 residents of Carcès died, against 459 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Carcès sits above both Var’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
53% women, 47% men
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.
| Carcès | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var 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, €2,937/m², comes from 194 sales of houses and apartments in Carcès from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Carcès sell for €3,183/m² and apartments for €2,083/m². The estimated advertised rent is €12.18/m² a month, below Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,183/m² | 151 |
| Apartments | €2,083/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Carcès above both Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Carcès, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On this, Carcès is above both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Carcès has 800 jobs for 1,300 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income is €24,660 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 89 offenses in the graded categories in Carcès in 2025. For vehicle theft, 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, 5.6% of the index here.
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
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Carcès. Best known first.
Carcès has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Carami: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Carcès as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcès | 3,540 | — | D− | C | C+ | C− |
| Le Val | 4,335 | 6 | D | C+ | B | D |
| Salernes | 4,019 | 6.5 | C− | C− | B− | C+ |
| Le Thoronet | 2,631 | 6.6 | D | D | B | C+ |
| Flassans-sur-Issole | 3,706 | 7.4 | D− | C− | C+ | C− |
| Brignoles | 17,850 | 7.5 | D− | C− | D− | D |
| Le Luc | 11,310 | 8.8 | D− | C− | C | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #31 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Carcès grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Carcès is a commune of 3,540 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte. 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 October 30, 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.