Pourrières has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Pourrières 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pourrières.
HousingCost of living D
Median price in Pourrières: €4,024/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 85% of what sold. 151 houses and apartments changed hands in Pourrières from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €13.86/m² a month.
€4,024/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pourrières€4,024/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,175/m²
128
€14.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.43 to €18.21/m² a month)
10.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Pourrières loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 83 per 100 expected, below Var’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 301 residents of Pourrières died, against 362 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pourrières is Chi site D Aix En Provence, 15.2 mi away. The town has 3 family doctors. In Var, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Pourrières · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi site D Aix En Provence
15.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi site D Aix En Provence
86 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Var, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Pourrières is better off than Var’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,870 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 6.9%, below both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 5.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
900
jobs based in Pourrières, 0.3 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Pourrières has 3 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Pourrières has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Tombeau romain dit Trophée de Marius. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Pourrières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people ran at 2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8.9 (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses in Pourrières came to 49 in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Burglary19
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud37
Theft without violence11
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.
2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
49
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 26.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Germain Nouveau: Étienne Carjat, Public domain · Émile Rigaud: Mayer et Pierson. Photographe, Public domain · Louis-Chrysostome Michel: H. Brunet, Public domain
Pourrières’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pourrières
Is Pourrières safe?
Pourrières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
Is Pourrières expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.43/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pourrières grades D for cost of living.
About Pourrières
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Pourrières is a commune of 5,642 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
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.
