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3,855 residents make their home in this town in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 19.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its strong suit — 62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to a D− overall, ranking #60 of 73 in Var. Nationally, it does better than 2% of compared French towns. Safety lags (D): an average of 10.3 recorded violent incidents and 26.1 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 2 things La Croix-Valmer does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Croix-Valmer 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 La Croix-Valmer as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Grimaud, 5.2 mi away.
2.4% 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 La Croix-Valmer.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €10,354/m² in La Croix-Valmer, apartments for €6,377/m². The estimated advertised rent is €19.44/m² a month, higher than both Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 515 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €10,354/m² | 234 |
| Apartments | €6,377/m² | 281 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for La Croix-Valmer show 127 offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.9 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #38 of 63 in Var. At the general lycée, 92% of 343 candidates passed the bac, 2 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 166 | 85%+1 pt |
| Lycée du Golfe de Saint-TropezNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 343 | 92%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in La Croix-Valmer: 1,500, for 1,550 residents in work (1 each). Half of residents lived on more than €26,910 a year per consumption unit, in line with Var’s towns (€26,770) and compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: 5.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 26% of residents. Children under 15 make up 15%, near Var’s towns (15%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| La Croix-Valmer | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 460 deaths in La Croix-Valmer from 2016 to 2025; there were 473, 3% more. Its care home for older people (55 places) counts its residents as La Croix-Valmer’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. There are 3 general practitioners in the town. Average lifespans in Var: 86 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near La Croix-Valmer. Best known first.
Nothing in La Croix-Valmer is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Croix-Valmer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Croix-Valmer | 3,855 | — | D− | D− | D | C+ |
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer | 8,121 | 2.9 | D− | D− | D | C+ |
| Gassin | 2,687 | 3.1 | D− | D− | D− | D |
| Cogolin | 12,301 | 3.6 | D− | D− | D | C |
| Grimaud | 4,587 | 5 | D− | D− | D− | D |
| Saint-Tropez | 3,582 | 5.7 | D | D− | D− | C+ |
| Sainte-Maxime | 14,118 | 8.4 | D− | D− | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #65 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #38 of 63 in Var. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Croix-Valmer grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Croix-Valmer is a commune of 3,855 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.