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A town of 51 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Is Riboux a good place to live?

Riboux is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Riboux stand out

The 2 things Riboux does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Sanctuaire de la Sainte-Baume
Sanctuaire de la Sainte-Baume · Inscrit · Photo: Bjs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Riboux’s story

Riboux in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Riboux, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2025First protected: Sanctuaire de la Sainte-Baume
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Riboux.

Who lives here

Riboux has fewer young adults than Var’s towns or compared French towns: 2% are 15 to 24

For Riboux, that is below both Var’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 12% of the population.

40.5median age
RibouxVar medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma5%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat31%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Riboux
RibouxVar medianFrance median
Under 1524%15%17%
15–242%8.8%11%
25–4427%21%23%
45–6435%28%26%
65+12%26%22%
No diploma5.1%16%19%
CAP or BEP21%25%26%
Baccalauréat31%20%18%
Higher education36%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Riboux: 30% were built before 1919, more than in Var’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Riboux sits above both Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Riboux, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
2025
first monument protected
30%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

More people in Riboux are out of work than in Var’s towns or across compared French towns: 16.1%

That puts Riboux above both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Riboux has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 3.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Riboux, 0.3 per working resident
16.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Riboux is €12.95/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€12.95/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Riboux€12.95/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Var median€14.43/m²
€12.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.16 to €16.52/m² a month)
€13.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Chapelle du Saint-Pilon and 6 more in and around Riboux

Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Riboux. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)
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Everything we know about Riboux

12pages on Riboux

Landmarks

Riboux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Sanctuaire de la Sainte-Baume: Photo: Bjs · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Riboux

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Riboux yet.

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Riboux’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Var →
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-BaumeCuges-les-PinsNans-les-PinsSignesSaint-ZacharieLe CastelletPlan-d'Aups-Sainte-BaumeCuges-les-PinsNans-les-PinsSignesSaint-ZacharieLe CastelletRiboux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Riboux51—————
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume2,5272.7—D—C−
Cuges-les-Pins Bouches-du-Rhône6,2363.5C−DB−C+
Nans-les-Pins5,2155.1B+DA+B
Signes3,1265.2—C—D
Saint-Zacharie5,8796.2C+DAC
Le Castellet6,0406.6DDB−B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Riboux

Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Riboux is a commune of 51 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Sud Sainte Baume. 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

Population
51 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Sud Sainte Baume
Département
Var (83)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
5.2 sq mi (13.6 km²)
INSEE code
83105

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.