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A town of 6,040 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Le Castellet grades D overall: better than 13% of compared French towns, and #43 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (B): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment.
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 Le Castellet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Castellet 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 4 historic monuments in Le Castellet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1939.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Castellet.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Le Castellet goes for €4,974/m², an apartment for €4,016/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €15.71/m² a month, higher than both Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 82% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,974/m² | 179 |
| Apartments | €4,016/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 9.1%, below both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,550 a year. At the census, 2.0% of working residents in Le Castellet went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #41 of 63 in Var on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean GionoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 92%−2 pts |
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.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Just over one in ten homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Violence against people ran at 6.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.6 (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses in Le Castellet came to 142 in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were vehicle theft than anything else (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 sexual violence, 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, 3.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
8.7% of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Var’s towns (8.8%) and below compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents. The middle age in Le Castellet is 47.4.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Le Castellet | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 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.
478 deaths in Le Castellet between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 503: 5% below. Its care home for older people (40 places) counts its residents as Le Castellet’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Le Castellet is Polyclinique Mutualiste Henri Malartic, 7.5 mi away. 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.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Le Castellet. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Le Castellet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Oratoire triangulaire, dans le domaine de la Tour-du-Bon au Brulat: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Remparts avec leurs deux portes (restes): Photo: Lilie&Mick · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Castellet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Castellet | 6,040 | — | D | D | B− | B− |
| La Cadière-d'Azur | 5,739 | 1.9 | C+ | D | B | B |
| Le Beausset | 10,219 | 1.9 | C | D | B | C+ |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer | 11,658 | 4 | C− | D− | D | B |
| Bandol | 8,267 | 4.7 | D | D− | D | C+ |
| Cuges-les-Pins Bouches-du-Rhône | 6,236 | 5.8 | C− | D | B− | C+ |
| Sanary-sur-Mer | 18,538 | 5.8 | C− | D− | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #29 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #41 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 Le Castellet grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Le Castellet is a commune of 6,040 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Sud Sainte Baume. 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.