Seillans has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Seillans 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seillans.
HousingCost of living C−
Homes in Seillans sell for €3,600/m² at the median, against €3,797/m² in Var’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.41/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €13.28/m² a month, below Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) but above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Seillans: 150 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€3,600/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Seillans€3,600/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,889/m²
121
€13.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.43 to €16.92/m² a month)
9.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Fayence
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Seillans skews older, with 29% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Var’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.6%, about level with Var’s towns (8.8%) and below compared French towns (11%). Half of Seillans is older than 50.5, half younger. Under 15: 16% of residents.
50.5median age
SeillansVar medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Seillans loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 80 per 100 expected, below Var’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Seillans is Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan, 11.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 423 residents of Seillans died, about as many as the 424 expected from France’s death rates at each age. 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. One GP practises here.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Seillans · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan
10.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier la Dracenie de Draguignan
86 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Var, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Seillans run lower than in both Var’s towns and compared French towns: a median €24,820 a year per consumption unit
Jobs located in Seillans: 650, for 1,100 residents in work (0.6 each). 5.5% of Seillans’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.5%, close to both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Seillans, 0.6 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Seillans: 17% were built before 1919, more than in both Var’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Seillans is Porte dite Porte Sarrazine et parties de maisons y attenantes. On the Culture ministry’s list, Seillans counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Seillans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people averaged 6.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.2. All told, Seillans had 29 recorded offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence than anything else (2025).
6.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence10
Criminal damage8
Vehicle theft6
Burglary5
Fraud23
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.
6.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
33.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery 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, 33.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Maison Waldberg and 3 more in and around Seillans
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Seillans. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Seillans
Is Seillans safe?
Seillans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Seillans good?
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #43 of 63 in Var. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Seillans expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Seillans grades C− for cost of living.
About Seillans
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Seillans is a commune of 2,941 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
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.
