Cotignac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,583/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.5 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): 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% 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 Cotignac 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth D
Cotignac’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 86% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Cotignac records 105 deaths per 100 expected, above both Var’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 435 residents of Cotignac died, against 355 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Cotignac · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Brignoles Jean Marcel
9.1 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
Renting in Cotignac costs less than in Var’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.08/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Cotignac sits below both Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €3,583/m², comes from 193 sales of houses and apartments in Cotignac from July 2023 to June 2026. In Cotignac, houses go for €3,918/m² and apartments for €2,130/m².
€3,583/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cotignac€3,583/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,918/m²
153
Apartments
€2,130/m²
40
€11.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.79 to €13.97/m² a month)
9.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.62/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in Cotignac, 14.2%, runs above Var’s towns and compared French towns
That puts Cotignac above both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Cotignac has 700 jobs for 700 working residents, 1 per worker. The median disposable income is €24,870 a year per consumption unit.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot11%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
700
jobs based in Cotignac, 1 per working resident
14.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Cotignac: 28% 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.
On this, Cotignac is above both Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Cotignac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Cotignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 22 offenses in the graded categories in Cotignac in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 37.3% of the index here.
5.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary11
Criminal damage11
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
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.
5.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
37.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cotignac
Is Cotignac safe?
Cotignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 13.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Is Cotignac expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,583/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cotignac grades C for cost of living.
About Cotignac
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cotignac is a commune of 2,197 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
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.
