Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,071 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
La Motte grades C overall: better than 31% of compared French towns, and #19 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (B+): an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 12.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Motte does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Motte 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 Motte as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monastère de la Celle, dit aussi de Sainte-Roseline (ancien), in Les Arcs, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Motte.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In La Motte, houses go for €4,045/m² and apartments for €3,459/m². A house rents for an estimated €11.41/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 80% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,045/m² | 148 |
| Apartments | €3,459/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs based in La Motte number 700, against 1,250 residents in work (0.5 per worker). The median disposable income was €27,360 a year per consumption unit, near Var’s towns (€26,770) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.8% of working residents in La Motte didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In all, 34 offenses reached the police record in La Motte in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in La Motte (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 20.3% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Just over a third of adults hold a degree, above Var’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Ages in La Motte split evenly at 49.7: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| La Motte | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #19 of 63 in Var on results. For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away. At the general lycée, 98% of 336 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La PeyrouaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 76%−4 pts |
| Lycée du Val d'ArgensNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 336 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Var, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 293 deaths in La Motte from 2016 to 2025; there were 258, 12% fewer. Adjusted mortality here: 88 deaths for every 100 expected.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Heritage and museums in and near La Motte. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau Sainte-Roseline3.4 km southwest, in Les ArcsMuseumMuseumMusée de l'Histoire et des traditions mottoisesin townMuseumMuseumVenet Foundation2.7 km southeast, in Le MuyChâteauChâteauCastelet du Muy3.4 km southeast, in Le MuyMuseumMuseumMusée de la Libération3.4 km southeast, in Le MuyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in La Motte 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 Motte 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 Motte | 3,071 | — | C | D | B+ | B− |
| Le Muy | 10,118 | 1.7 | D− | D | D | C |
| Trans-en-Provence | 6,905 | 2.9 | B− | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Les Arcs | 8,109 | 4.1 | D− | D | C− | B− |
| Draguignan | 40,826 | 4.8 | C | C− | C+ | C |
| Figanières | 2,762 | 5.1 | — | C− | — | C |
| Roquebrune-sur-Argens | 15,442 | 6.7 | D− | D− | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #14 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #19 of 63 in Var. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.97/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Motte grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Motte is a commune of 3,071 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération. 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.