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A town of 4,496 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Gonfaron grades D overall: better than 10% of compared French towns, and #50 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,435/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Cœur du Var. Its strongest is walkability (B): 75% 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 one thing Gonfaron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gonfaron 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 no building in Gonfaron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Vieux-Canet, in Le Cannet-des-Maures, 6.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gonfaron.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Gonfaron above both Var’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 422 residents of Gonfaron died, against 382 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,435/m², comes from 189 sales of houses and apartments in Gonfaron from July 2023 to June 2026. Only one of the 85 towns in Var costs less to buy into than Gonfaron, whose median sale is €2,435/m². The estimated advertised rent is €12.04/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 | €2,667/m² | 161 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Gonfaron is below both Var’s towns (€26,770) and compared French towns (€25,970). 12.4% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 95 offenses in the graded categories in Gonfaron in 2025. For sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 11.4% 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
In the comparison, Gonfaron comes below both Var’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Gonfaron | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Gonfaron is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Gonfaron.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonfaron | 4,496 | — | D | C | B | D |
| Pignans | 4,838 | 3.2 | C− | C− | B | C+ |
| Le Luc | 11,310 | 4.8 | D− | C− | C | C− |
| Flassans-sur-Issole | 3,706 | 5 | D− | C− | C+ | C− |
| Carnoules | 4,388 | 5.2 | C− | D | B | C− |
| Le Cannet-des-Maures | 5,140 | 5.7 | D | D | C+ | C |
| Besse-sur-Issole | 3,125 | 5.9 | D− | C− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #18 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Gonfaron grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Gonfaron is a commune of 4,496 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.