School results trail most towns: brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €2,434/m² costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte. Residents’ health trails most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Montfort-sur-Argens 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 Montfort-sur-Argens 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Montfort-sur-Argens than in Var’s towns or across compared French towns: 26% of adults
27% of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of residents, about level with Var’s towns (8.8%) and below compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Montfort-sur-Argens are older than 49.1.
49.1median age
Montfort-sur-ArgensVar medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Montfort-sur-Argens are out of work than in Var’s towns or across compared French towns: 12.9%
Half of residents lived on more than €24,520 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Var’s towns (€26,770) and compared French towns (€25,970). 7.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Montfort-sur-Argens didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Montfort-sur-Argens, 0.4 per working resident
12.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,520
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 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Montfort-sur-Argens has a higher adjusted death rate than 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 185 residents of Montfort-sur-Argens died, against 169 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. Its care home for older people (28 places) counts its residents as Montfort-sur-Argens’; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. 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.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Montfort-sur-Argens · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Brignoles Jean Marcel
5.9 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
Montfort-sur-Argens keeps more of its old housing than Var’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Montfort-sur-Argens, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
The median home in Montfort-sur-Argens sells for €2,434/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 €11.74/m² a month, lower than both Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.62/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 84% were houses.
€2,434/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montfort-sur-Argens€2,434/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,979/m²
51
€11.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.01 to €15.29/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.62/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montfort-sur-Argens
Is Montfort-sur-Argens safe?
Montfort-sur-Argens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Montfort-sur-Argens good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montfort-sur-Argens expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Montfort-sur-Argens grades C+ for cost of living.
About Montfort-sur-Argens
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Montfort-sur-Argens is a commune of 1,453 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.
