Les Arcs grades D− overall: better than 3% of compared French towns, and #59 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,166/m², a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (B): 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Les Arcs 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Arcs.
Schools
Schools around Les Arcs do less well than those of 93% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Les Arcs is 81.0%, lower than both Var’s towns (85.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 3.3 mi away. Results rank its schools #54 of 63 in Var.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
The median home in Les Arcs sells for €3,166/m², against €3,797/m² in Var’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Les Arcs sell for €2,792/m², houses for €3,564/m². A house rents for an estimated €15.07/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €14.07/m² a month, close to Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€3,166/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Les Arcs€3,166/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,564/m²
199
Apartments
€2,792/m²
157
€14.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.52 to €17.17/m² a month)
9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.07/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Les Arcs records more crime per resident than 80% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Les Arcs were criminal damage than anything else (2025). For 2025, the figures show 215 offenses here. Violence against people averaged 10 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 19.4.
10recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage63
Other physical violence46
Family violence26
Vehicle theft26
Burglary25
Theft from vehicles18
Sexual violence11
Theft without violence117
Drug use77
Fraud58
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.
10
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
215
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Old homes shape Les Arcs: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Var’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Les Arcs is Monastère de la Celle, dit aussi de Sainte-Roseline (ancien).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
The median disposable income in Les Arcs is €25,050 a year per consumption unit, against €26,770 in Var’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Var’s towns (10.9%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Les Arcs number 3,600, against 3,350 residents in work (1.1 per worker). Public transport took 4.3% of Les Arcs’ working residents to work at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Public transport4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,600
jobs based in Les Arcs, 1.1 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Var’s towns (8.8%) and below compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. Over-65s are 24% of the population.
47.1median age
Les ArcsVar medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Les Arcs’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Les Arcs. Its three care homes for older people (95 places) count their residents as Les Arcs’; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 807 residents of Les Arcs died, against 821 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Les Arcs is Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan, 6.3 mi away.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Les Arcs · 1.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan
5.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan
86 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Var, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Les Arcs
Is Les Arcs safe?
It grades C− for safety, #55 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 63 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Les Arcs good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns and #54 of 63 in Var. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Les Arcs expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Les Arcs grades D for cost of living.
About Les Arcs
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Les Arcs is a commune of 8,109 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
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.
