Where it does best is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Méounes-lès-Montrieux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Méounes-lès-Montrieux 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Chartreuse de Montrieux-le-Vieux · Classé · Photo: SombreSanglier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Méounes-lès-Montrieux’s story
Méounes-lès-Montrieux in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Méounes-lès-Montrieux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1949.
1980First protected: Chartreuse de Montrieux-le-Vieux
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Méounes-lès-Montrieux.
HousingCost of living C−
The median home in Méounes-lès-Montrieux sells for €3,180/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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.69/m² a month, below Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 89% were houses. The market in Méounes-lès-Montrieux: 71 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€3,180/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Méounes-lès-Montrieux€3,180/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,453/m²
63
€12.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.94 to €16.20/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Méounes-lès-Montrieux has lower unemployment than Var’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8%
At the census, 5.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €27,650 a year per consumption unit, close to Var’s towns (€26,770) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Méounes-lès-Montrieux, 0.3 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Méounes-lès-Montrieux run higher than in 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Var: 86 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. After the care-home adjustment, Méounes-lès-Montrieux’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, higher than both Var’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 170 residents of Méounes-lès-Montrieux died, against 177 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Méounes-lès-Montrieux is Centre hospitalier de Brignoles Jean Marcel, 9.7 mi away.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Méounes-lès-Montrieux · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Brignoles Jean Marcel
9.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Brignoles Jean Marcel
86 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Var, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
3 historic monuments in Méounes-lès-Montrieux, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Méounes-lès-Montrieux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Chartreuse de Montrieux-le-Vieux. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 9.9%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Méounes-lès-Montrieux is a graduates’ town: 35% hold a degree, more than in Var’s towns or compared French towns
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, near Var’s towns (8.8%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here. The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents.
47.2median age
Méounes-lès-MontrieuxVar medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Méounes-lès-Montrieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people ran at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8.7 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Méounes-lès-Montrieux show 16 offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most locally was burglary (2025).
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary8
Criminal damage8
Armed robbery0
Fraud16
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
61.3%
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 family violence, 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, 61.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Méounes-lès-Montrieux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Méounes-lès-Montrieux
Is Méounes-lès-Montrieux safe?
Méounes-lès-Montrieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Is Méounes-lès-Montrieux expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Méounes-lès-Montrieux grades C− for cost of living.
About Méounes-lès-Montrieux
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Méounes-lès-Montrieux is a commune of 2,277 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte. 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.
