Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,735 people call this town in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur home.
Where it falls short is walkability (D). Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Just over a fifth of its homes are second homes.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Paul-en-Forêt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Saint-Paul-en-Forêt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Paul-en-Forêt 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 →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte dite Porte Sarrazine et parties de maisons y attenantes, in Seillans, 5.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt.
Jobs located in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt: 200, for 700 residents in work (0.3 each). 3.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Var’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 5.4% of working residents in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 85 homes in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt. House rents are put at about €11.41/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.80/m² a month, below Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,691/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Paul-en-Forêt, 86.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Var’s towns (85.4%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest collège is 3 mi away. General-bac pupils go 9.4 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie MauronNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 86%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 212 deaths in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt from 2016 to 2025; there were 252, 19% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Paul-en-Forêt is Centre hospitalier Inter Communal de Frejus Saint Raphael, 9.6 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt come to 98 per 100 predicted. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Var can expect 86 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Children are 15% of the town. 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with Var’s towns (8.8%) and below compared French towns (11%). Saint-Paul-en-Forêt has a median age of 50.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Paul-en-Forêt | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul-en-Forêt | 1,735 | — | — | C− | — | C− |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt | 3,194 | 2.1 | — | C− | — | B |
| Fayence | 6,157 | 2.9 | C− | D | B− | B+ |
| Tourrettes | 2,972 | 3.2 | D | D | C+ | B− |
| Seillans | 2,941 | 4.2 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Callian | 3,823 | 4.6 | B− | C− | A− | B− |
| Montauroux | 7,183 | 5 | C | D | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Paul-en-Forêt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Paul-en-Forêt grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Paul-en-Forêt is a commune of 1,735 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Fayence. 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 November 4, 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.