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A town of 3,126 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Signes has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,263/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Sud Sainte Baume. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 1.9 jobs per working resident; 10.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Signes 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.
Signes has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Signes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Signes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Signes comes above both Var’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 261 residents of Signes died, against 215 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,263/m², comes from 93 sales of houses and apartments in Signes from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,382/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Signes, that is below both Var’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Signes sits below both Var’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 18% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Signes | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Signes above both Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Signes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie recorded 36 offenses in the graded categories in Signes in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 29.1% of the index here. With 2,750 jobs for 1,450 working residents, Signes draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
The list names few of Signes’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Signes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signes | 3,126 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Le Beausset | 10,219 | 6.5 | C | D | B | C+ |
| Le Castellet | 6,040 | 6.8 | D | D | B− | B− |
| La Roquebrussanne | 2,817 | 7.3 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Nans-les-Pins | 5,215 | 7.3 | B+ | D | A+ | B |
| Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume | 2,527 | 7.7 | — | D | — | C− |
| Cuges-les-Pins Bouches-du-Rhône | 6,236 | 7.9 | C− | D | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Signes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Signes grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Signes is a commune of 3,126 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
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.