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Home to 6,084 people, this town lies in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Pierrefeu-du-Var’s overall grade, B, puts it better than 63% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #2 of 73 in Var. Where it does best is jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Pierrefeu-du-Var does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pierrefeu-du-Var 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 no building in Pierrefeu-du-Var as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Oppidum du Castellas, in Solliès-Pont, 5.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pierrefeu-du-Var.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,990/m² in Pierrefeu-du-Var, apartments for €3,145/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.25/m² a month, lower than Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 270 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,990/m² | 160 |
| Apartments | €3,145/m² | 110 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people averaged 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.6. 2025 saw 95 offenses recorded in Pierrefeu-du-Var. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Var can expect 86 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 639 residents of Pierrefeu-du-Var died, against 613 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Pierrefeu-du-Var records 93 deaths per 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Pierrefeu-du-Var is Centre hospitalier de Hyeres Marie Josee Treffot, 7.8 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Children under 15 make up 15%, near Var’s towns (15%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 9.6% of the population. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Pierrefeu-du-Var | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate comes to 7.3%. 8.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Var’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Pierrefeu-du-Var is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pierrefeu-du-Var 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefeu-du-Var | 6,084 | — | B | C− | A− | C+ |
| Cuers | 13,271 | 3.8 | B | D | B+ | C+ |
| Puget-Ville | 4,610 | 4.2 | C− | D | B+ | C |
| Carnoules | 4,388 | 5.4 | C− | D | B | C− |
| Solliès-Pont | 12,521 | 5.7 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Pignans | 4,838 | 6.4 | C− | C− | B | C+ |
| Solliès-Ville | 2,504 | 6.5 | — | C− | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #7 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 40 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pierrefeu-du-Var grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Pierrefeu-du-Var is a commune of 6,084 people in the Communauté de communes Méditerranée Porte des Maures. 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 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.