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A town of 4,223 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Rians grades C− overall: better than 18% of compared French towns, and #38 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,795/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Provence Verdon. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Rians does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rians 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Rians; none is classé, France’s top protection.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rians.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 4 general practitioners in Rians. The nearest emergency department to Rians is Chi site de Pertuis, 14.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 534 residents of Rians died, against 409 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% more. 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.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
More of the graded crimes in Rians were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 64 recorded offenses.
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 · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 16.5% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
188 sales of houses and apartments in Rians, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,795/m². Among the homes sold, 85% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,941/m² | 159 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Rians; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rians has a median age of 48.8 years. Those 65 and older account for a quarter of residents. 30% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Var 31%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Rians | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Var’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 11.6% are unemployed. Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.6% of working residents in Rians didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rians has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Estève: Photo: SombreSanglier · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rians 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rians | 4,223 | — | C− | C | A− | D |
| Jouques Bouches-du-Rhône | 4,547 | 6.3 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Pourrières | 5,642 | 7.8 | — | D | — | B |
| Vinon-sur-Verdon | 4,464 | 8.5 | C+ | C− | B− | B− |
| Peyrolles-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 5,409 | 9 | C− | D | C+ | A− |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens | 2,818 | 9.8 | — | D | — | B− |
| Rousset Bouches-du-Rhône | 5,425 | 11 | C+ | D− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #10 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,795/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Rians grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rians is a commune of 4,223 people in the Communauté de communes Provence Verdon. 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.