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2,165 residents make their home in this town in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole’s weakest is schools (D) — brevet results 4.9 points below the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €3,027/m² costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte. Jobs & income is weaker too (C−) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well (C) — 50% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole 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.
Each subject compares Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole 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.
Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Romane, in Brignoles, 5.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.2 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frédéric MontenardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 192 | 80%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.59/m² a month, below Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €14.25/m² a month. Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole recorded 92 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,221/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 2.2% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 17% of residents. 29% of adults hold a degree, below Var’s towns (31%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Ages in Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole split evenly at 46.5: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 193 deaths in Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole from 2016 to 2025; there were 171, 11% fewer. 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. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole yet.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole is a commune of 2,165 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole | 2,165 | — | — | C− | — | B− |
| Forcalqueiret | 3,389 | 2 | — | D | — | C+ |
| Besse-sur-Issole | 3,125 | 2.6 | D− | C− | C | C |
| Rocbaron | 5,660 | 3.3 | C+ | D | A− | C |
| Puget-Ville | 4,610 | 3.9 | C− | D | B+ | C |
| Garéoult | 5,835 | 4 | B− | C− | A | B− |
| Carnoules | 4,388 | 4.4 | C− | D | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole grades C− for cost of living.
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 9, 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.