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A town of 1,659 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
La Celle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing La Celle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Celle 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 2 historic monuments in La Celle: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 4th century; the first monument here was protected in 1886.
François Chambon, born in 1744, is the one person born in La Celle before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Celle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,345/m², comes from 42 sales of houses and apartments in La Celle from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,197/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For La Celle, that is below both Var’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). La Celle has 250 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.4 per worker. 9.0% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 139 residents of La Celle died, against 144 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of La Celle, 94.2% passed the bac, close to Var’s towns (93.7%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 145 | 78%−7 pts |
| Lycée Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 93 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Celle: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
9% of residents are 15 to 24 and 25% are 65 or over, against 8.8% and 26% in the median compared commune of Var. 31% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Var 31%, France 30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| La Celle | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and other places to visit in and near La Celle. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du pays brignolais2.8 km northeast, in BrignolesMuseumMuseumAbbaye de la Cellein townArt galleryArt galleryGalerie Lantelmein townMuseumMuseumPalais des Comtes de Provence2.8 km northeast, in BrignolesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of La Celle’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in La Celle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Celle | 1,659 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Brignoles | 17,850 | 2.1 | D− | C− | D− | D |
| Le Val | 4,335 | 3.8 | D | C+ | B | D |
| Garéoult | 5,835 | 4 | B− | C− | A | B− |
| La Roquebrussanne | 2,817 | 4.6 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Forcalqueiret | 3,389 | 4.9 | — | D | — | C+ |
| Tourves | 5,207 | 5.6 | C− | C | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Celle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 93 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.52/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Celle grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Celle is a commune of 1,659 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.