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A town of 636 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Is Ollières a good place to live?

Ollières is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

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Église · Inscrit · Photo: SombreSanglier · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ollières’ story

Ollières in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ollières, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.

Jean Baptiste III de Félix, comte du Muy, born in 1751, is the one person born in Ollières before 1900 that Wikidata records.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ollières.

History

Ollières has 1 historic monument, none of them classé

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.4% of the total, about level with both Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
10th c.
oldest protected part
1928
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town. Half of Ollières is older than 49.4, half younger. Degrees are held by 33% of adults, about level with both Var’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%).

49.4median age
OllièresVar medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ollières
OllièresVar medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–2411%8.8%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6432%28%26%
65+24%26%22%
No diploma15%16%19%
CAP or BEP25%25%26%
Baccalauréat21%20%18%
Higher education33%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Ollières walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Var’s towns or compared French towns: 6.0%

Jobs located in Ollières: 100, for 300 residents in work (0.3 each). Half of residents lived on more than €27,490 a year per consumption unit, close to Var’s towns (€26,770) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 3.2% of Ollières’ working residents to work at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Ollières, 0.3 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away. At the general lycée, 96% of 355 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.

96%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ollières87.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Ollières91.6%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Lei GarrusNearest collègeCollègeCollège16387%−4 pts
Lycée Maurice JanettiNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée35596%−1 pt
96%
passed the general and technological bac, −1 pt against the expected rate
72%
passed the vocational bac, −11 pts against the expected rate
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
2.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent in Ollières is €11.56/m² a month, against €14.43/m² in Var’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €14.03/m² a month. Houses made up 71% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 24 homes in Ollières.

€11.56/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ollières€11.56/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Var median€14.43/m²
€11.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.08 to €14.73/m² a month)
€14.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Saint-Hilaire and 6 more in and around Ollières

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ollières. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Ollières

13pages on Ollières

Landmarks

Ollières has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Ollières

One notable person was born in Ollières.

Their page →

Ollières’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Var →
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-BaumeSeillons-Source-d'ArgensPourrièresBrasTourvesTretsSaint-Maximin-la-Sainte-BaumeSeillons-Source-d'ArgensPourrièresBrasTourvesTretsOllières
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ollières636—————
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume17,8963C−DC+C
Seillons-Source-d'Argens2,8183.1—D—B−
Pourrières5,6424.5—D—B
Bras2,6376.5—C−—C+
Tourves5,2076.9C−CB+C−
Trets Bouches-du-Rhône10,9467.5CDB+C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Ollières

Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Ollières is a commune of 636 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

Population
636 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
Département
Var (83)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
15.4 sq mi (39.9 km²)
INSEE code
83089

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.