Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,388 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Carnoules grades C− overall: better than 17% of compared French towns, and #41 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 82% 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.
The one thing Carnoules does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Carnoules 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Carnoules as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Champduy, in Cabasse, 7.9 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carnoules.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,295/m², comes from 161 sales of houses and apartments in Carnoules from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,595/m² | 134 |
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Carnoules records 99 deaths per 100 expected, above both Var’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 310 residents of Carnoules died, against 312 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. 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
10.2% of Carnoules’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 85% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Carnoules is above both Var’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 18% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Carnoules | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 83 offenses in the graded categories in Carnoules in 2025. For sexual violence, armed robbery and burglary, 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, 12.0% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Nothing in Carnoules is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Carnoules.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnoules | 4,388 | — | C− | D | B | C− |
| Pignans | 4,838 | 2.1 | C− | C− | B | C+ |
| Puget-Ville | 4,610 | 2.9 | C− | D | B+ | C |
| Besse-sur-Issole | 3,125 | 3.3 | D− | C− | C | C |
| Flassans-sur-Issole | 3,706 | 5.2 | D− | C− | C+ | C− |
| Gonfaron | 4,496 | 5.2 | D | C | B | D |
| Pierrefeu-du-Var | 6,084 | 5.4 | B | C− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #17 of 73 in Var.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.76/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Carnoules grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Carnoules is a commune of 4,388 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur du Var. 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.