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A town of 8,121 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
A tough set of grades. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 15.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a D−, good for #57 of 73 in Var. It comes out better than 5% of compared French towns. Safety lags (D): an average of 10.7 recorded violent incidents and 22.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Cavalaire-sur-Mer does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cavalaire-sur-Mer 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 Cavalaire-sur-Mer, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1996.
0.5% 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 Cavalaire-sur-Mer.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Cavalaire-sur-Mer sell for €7,182/m² and apartments for €5,592/m². The estimated advertised rent is €18.37/m² a month, above both Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €17.75/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €7,182/m² | 255 |
| Apartments | €5,592/m² | 851 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
25% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 11%, below Var’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7% of residents.
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.
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Among the graded crimes in Cavalaire-sur-Mer, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Cavalaire-sur-Mer show 284 offenses in 2025.
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Of those in the labour force, 11.6% are unemployed. 14.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Var’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 4.8% of working residents in Cavalaire-sur-Mer didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity. 0.5% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Cavalaire-sur-Mer’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,255 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,189, 5% fewer. In Var, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 8 GPs practise 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Cavalaire-sur-Mer. Best known first.
Cavalaire-sur-Mer has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cavalaire-sur-Mer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer | 8,121 | — | D− | D− | D | C+ |
| La Croix-Valmer | 3,855 | 2.9 | D− | D− | D | C+ |
| Cogolin | 12,301 | 5.2 | D− | D− | D | C |
| Gassin | 2,687 | 5.9 | D− | D− | D− | D |
| Grimaud | 4,587 | 7 | D− | D− | D− | D |
| Le Lavandou | 6,646 | 8.1 | C− | D− | D | B− |
| Saint-Tropez | 3,582 | 8.6 | D | D− | D− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #59 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 102 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cavalaire-sur-Mer grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cavalaire-sur-Mer is a commune of 8,121 people in the Communauté de communes du Golfe de Saint-Tropez. 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.