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With 787 residents, it is a town in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Is Sillans-la-Cascade a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Sillans-la-Cascade is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for just over a fifth of homes.

What makes Sillans-la-Cascade stand out

The 2 things Sillans-la-Cascade does most differently from other towns.

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Sillans-la-Cascade’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Sillans-la-Cascade’s story

No historic monuments in Sillans-la-Cascade

The Culture ministry lists no building in Sillans-la-Cascade as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Tour de l'Horloge, in Aups, 4.6 mi away.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sillans-la-Cascade.

Who lives here

An older town: 31% of residents are 65 or over

9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Degrees are held by 29% of adults, lower than Var’s towns (31%) and near compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Sillans-la-Cascade is 50.9 years old.

50.9median age
Sillans-la-CascadeVar medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sillans-la-Cascade
Sillans-la-CascadeVar medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–249%8.8%11%
25–4418%21%23%
45–6428%28%26%
65+31%26%22%
No diploma15%16%19%
CAP or BEP28%25%26%
Baccalauréat22%20%18%
Higher education29%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

More people in Sillans-la-Cascade are out of work than in Var’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.8%

Households’ median disposable income: €24,580 a year per consumption unit. For its 250 residents in work, Sillans-la-Cascade has 250 jobs: 1 each. Public transport took 2.5% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.

12%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot7%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Sillans-la-Cascade, 1 per working resident
17.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sillans-la-Cascade than in Var’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.72/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The median price, €2,982/m², comes from 48 sales of houses and apartments in Sillans-la-Cascade from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.

€2,982/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Sillans-la-Cascade€2,982/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€3,124/m²43
€10.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.51 to €13.51/m² a month)
€11.62/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Cascade de Sillans and 3 more in and around Sillans-la-Cascade

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Sillans-la-Cascade. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Sillans-la-Cascade

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Landmarks

Nothing in Sillans-la-Cascade is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Sillans-la-Cascade

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sillans-la-Cascade yet.

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Sillans-la-Cascade’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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SalernesCarcèsBarjolsLe ValLe ThoronetLorguesSalernesCarcèsBarjolsLe ValLe ThoronetLorguesSillans-la-Cascade
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sillans-la-Cascade787—————
Salernes4,0192.9C−C−B−C+
Carcès3,5406.6D−CC+C−
Barjols2,9848.7C−B−C+D−
Le Val4,33510DC+BD
Le Thoronet2,63111DDBC+
Lorgues9,84911DDBB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Sillans-la-Cascade

Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Sillans-la-Cascade is a commune of 787 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération. 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

Population
787 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération
Département
Var (83)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
7.8 sq mi (20.3 km²)
INSEE code
83128

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.