Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has a population of 5,215.
Where it does best is safety (A+) — an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Nans-les-Pins’s overall grade of B+ puts it better than 75% of compared French towns, #1 of 73 in Var. It also does well on jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 3 things Nans-les-Pins does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nans-les-Pins 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 1 historic monument in Nans-les-Pins, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1938.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nans-les-Pins.
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Nans-les-Pins (2025). Over 2025, Nans-les-Pins logged 47 recorded offenses. The town ranks first of the 73 compared towns in Var on the Safety Grade.
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, 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, 21.9% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.17/m² a month, close to Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Nans-les-Pins recorded 170 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €13.98/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,041/m² | 145 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, higher than both Var’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents. Children are 16% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Nans-les-Pins | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Nans-les-Pins went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Var: 86 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 836 residents of Nans-les-Pins died, against 774 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Nans-les-Pins is Centre hospitalier General D Aubagne, 12.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Nans-les-Pins can choose among 4 GPs.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.6% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nans-les-Pins has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Oratoire situé sur le domaine des Béguines: Photo: Luxxlucis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nans-les-Pins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nans-les-Pins | 5,215 | — | B+ | D | A+ | B |
| Saint-Zacharie | 5,879 | 3.9 | C+ | D | A | C |
| Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume | 2,527 | 4.4 | — | D | — | C− |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume | 17,896 | 6.7 | C− | D | C+ | C |
| Auriol Bouches-du-Rhône | 13,037 | 6.9 | C+ | D | B+ | B+ |
| Trets Bouches-du-Rhône | 10,946 | 6.9 | C | D | B+ | C+ |
| Tourves | 5,207 | 7.3 | C− | C | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nans-les-Pins grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nans-les-Pins is a commune of 5,215 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
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.