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A town of 4,838 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Pignans grades C− overall: better than 20% of compared French towns, and #32 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. At the median price of €2,931/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Cœur du Var. Its strongest is walkability (B): 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Pignans does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pignans 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 Pignans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Champduy, in Cabasse, 8.1 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pignans.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.80/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and below Var’s towns (€14.43/m²). A house in Pignans goes for €3,289/m², an apartment for €2,069/m². The market in the town: 227 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,289/m² | 181 |
| Apartments | €2,069/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
12.1% of the labour force were unemployed, above Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 5.8% of working residents in Pignans 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.
The nearest emergency department to Pignans is Centre hospitalier de Brignoles Jean Marcel, 11 mi away. 567 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 487: 16% above. Its care home for older people (102 places) counts its residents as Pignans’; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. This Var town has 2 family doctors.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
The commonest graded crime in Pignans was family violence (2025). For 2025, the figures show 95 offenses locally. Graded property crimes ran at 11.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8.8 (2023–2025 average).
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 4.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.7% of residents. 22% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Var’s towns (26%). Degrees are held by 27% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Pignans | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Pignans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in Pignans.
Hubert Falco: Hortense Hébrard, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Honoré-Nicolas-Marie Duveyrier: Ambroise Tardieu, Public domain · Jules Gérard: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pignans | 4,838 | — | C− | C− | B | C+ |
| Carnoules | 4,388 | 2.1 | C− | D | B | C− |
| Gonfaron | 4,496 | 3.2 | D | C | B | D |
| Besse-sur-Issole | 3,125 | 4.2 | D− | C− | C | C |
| Puget-Ville | 4,610 | 5 | C− | D | B+ | C |
| Flassans-sur-Issole | 3,706 | 5 | D− | C− | C+ | C− |
| Pierrefeu-du-Var | 6,084 | 6.4 | B | C− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #23 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Pignans grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Pignans is a commune of 4,838 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur du Var. 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.