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Some 3,125 people live in this town, in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Several subjects drag its grade down. With a D− overall, Le Plan-de-la-Tour is behind almost every compared French town and ranks #68 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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 Le Plan-de-la-Tour does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Plan-de-la-Tour 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Plan-de-la-Tour counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.
Louis Sigallas, born in 1850, is the one person born in Le Plan-de-la-Tour before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Plan-de-la-Tour.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Le Plan-de-la-Tour, houses go for €5,238/m² and apartments for €4,282/m². The estimated advertised rent is €16.53/m² a month, higher than both Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 205 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,238/m² | 147 |
| Apartments | €4,282/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Le Plan-de-la-Tour. The nearest emergency department to Le Plan-de-la-Tour is Centre hospitalier de Saint Tropez Pole de Sante du Golfe, 6.4 mi away. 308 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 264: 17% above. Also worth knowing: in Var, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Unemployment stood at 9.3%, below Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 550 jobs are based in Le Plan-de-la-Tour, for 1,450 working residents (0.4 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,190 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Plan-de-la-Tour is Rêve de l'Oiseau. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 20th century. Nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.6 violent offenses and 16.2 graded property crimes a year. 2025 saw 58 offenses recorded in Le Plan-de-la-Tour. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (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, armed robbery 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, 16.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Ages in Le Plan-de-la-Tour split evenly at 49.1: half are older, half younger. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, below Var’s towns (26%) but above compared French towns (22%). 31% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Var 31%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Le Plan-de-la-Tour | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Le Plan-de-la-Tour has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Le Plan-de-la-Tour.
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 Plan-de-la-Tour | 3,125 | — | D− | D− | C+ | D− |
| Grimaud | 4,587 | 4.4 | D− | D− | D− | D |
| Sainte-Maxime | 14,118 | 4.4 | D− | D− | D | B− |
| Cogolin | 12,301 | 6.2 | D− | D− | D | C |
| Gassin | 2,687 | 6.9 | D− | D− | D− | D |
| Saint-Tropez | 3,582 | 7 | D | D− | D− | C+ |
| Vidauban | 12,608 | 8.2 | D− | D | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #33 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Plan-de-la-Tour grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Le Plan-de-la-Tour is a commune of 3,125 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.