Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 14,118 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Sainte-Maxime grades D− overall: behind almost every compared French town, and #66 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 16 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Sainte-Maxime does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Maxime 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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Sainte-Maxime has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1977.
1.6% 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 Sainte-Maxime.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €18.45/m² a month, above Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. The split in Sainte-Maxime: €7,722/m² for houses, €5,710/m² for apartments. Of the homes sold, 28% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €7,722/m² | 408 |
| Apartments | €5,710/m² | 1,074 |
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.
Its collèges and lycées rank #62 of 63 in Var on results. A collège lies 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Berty AlbrechtNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 75%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8.7 violent offenses and 25.7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie figures for Sainte-Maxime show 453 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Var’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children under 15 count for just over a tenth of the people here. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.6% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Sainte-Maxime | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Sainte-Maxime number 5,750, against 5,250 residents in work (1.1 per worker). At the census, 13.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Var’s towns (10.0%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €26,430 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 1.6% of the total, below Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its three care homes for older people (241 places) count their residents as Sainte-Maxime’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 2,094 residents of Sainte-Maxime died, against 2,143 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. At birth, a girl in Var can expect 86 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 20 GPs practise locally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Family days out, museums and heritage in and near Sainte-Maxime. Best known first.
Sainte-Maxime has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Tour carrée: Photo: Zorkamax · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Sainte-Maxime.
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-Maxime | 14,118 | — | D− | D− | D | B− |
| Saint-Tropez | 3,582 | 3.6 | D | D− | D− | C+ |
| Le Plan-de-la-Tour | 3,125 | 4.4 | D− | D− | C+ | D− |
| Grimaud | 4,587 | 5 | D− | D− | D− | D |
| Gassin | 2,687 | 5.4 | D− | D− | D− | D |
| Cogolin | 12,301 | 6.7 | D− | D− | D | C |
| La Croix-Valmer | 3,855 | 8.4 | D− | D− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #64 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 69 burglaries and 152 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% 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 Sainte-Maxime grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sainte-Maxime is a commune of 14,118 people in the Communauté de communes du Golfe de Saint-Tropez. 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.
