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A town of 1,552 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Pourcieux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,513/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Pourcieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pourcieux 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Pourcieux has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Victor Chavet, born in 1822, is the one person born in Pourcieux before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pourcieux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pourcieux is Centre hospitalier de Brignoles Jean Marcel, 14.8 mi away. 88 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 78: 13% above. Also worth knowing: life expectancy in Var: 86 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.66/m² a month, about level with Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €14.03/m² a month. 64 houses and apartments changed hands in Pourcieux from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,650/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
21% are under 15, higher than both Var’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Half of Pourcieux is older than 39.5, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Pourcieux | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 8.7%, below both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 200 jobs are based in Pourcieux, for 750 working residents (0.2 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €27,750 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Just over one in ten homes were built before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Pourcieux is Pont romain entre Saint-Maximin et Pourcieux.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Pourcieux. Best known first.
The list names few of Pourcieux’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Pourcieux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pourcieux | 1,552 | — | — | D | — | D |
| Pourrières | 5,642 | 3.2 | — | D | — | B |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume | 17,896 | 4.3 | C− | D | C+ | C |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens | 2,818 | 5.1 | — | D | — | B− |
| Trets Bouches-du-Rhône | 10,946 | 5.4 | C | D | B+ | C+ |
| Nans-les-Pins | 5,215 | 6.6 | B+ | D | A+ | B |
| Saint-Zacharie | 5,879 | 7.2 | C+ | D | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pourcieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 12.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pourcieux grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Pourcieux is a commune of 1,552 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 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.