The data are hard on it. Overall, Solliès-Pont earns a D: better than a tenth of compared French towns, and #51 of 73 in Var. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% 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.
Each subject compares Solliès-Pont 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 Solliès-Pont.
HousingCost of living C−
A typical home in Solliès-Pont sells for €3,699/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Solliès-Pont sell for €4,036/m² and apartments for €2,950/m². A house rents for an estimated €14.70/m² a month. Sales here from July 2023 to June 2026: 411 houses and apartments.
€3,699/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Solliès-Pont€3,699/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,036/m²
256
Apartments
€2,950/m²
155
€13.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.97 to €17.40/m² a month)
9.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Gapeau
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Solliès-Pont has more crime per resident than 66% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Solliès-Pont was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 288 offenses were recorded in the town. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 8.4 violent offenses and 16.8 graded property crimes a year.
8.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage115
Family violence53
Other physical violence36
Theft from vehicles29
Burglary21
Vehicle theft19
Sexual violence15
Fraud75
Theft without violence66
Drug use40
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.
8.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
288
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Solliès-Pont is above 61% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. Its two care homes for older people (168 places) count their residents as Solliès-Pont’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,245 residents of Solliès-Pont died, against 1,181 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Solliès-Pont · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi Toulon la Seyne Sur Mer Ch Sainte Musse
6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi Toulon la Seyne Sur Mer Ch Sainte Musse
86 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Var, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Solliès-Pont has 2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Solliès-Pont is Oppidum du Castellas. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, close to Var’s towns (26%) and above compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Solliès-Pont by age and the one in the middle is 45.8.
45.8median age
Solliès-PontVar medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% 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
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in Solliès-Pont, 13.2%, runs above Var’s towns and compared French towns
At the census, 7.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Var’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 4,950 residents in work, Solliès-Pont has 3,300 jobs: 0.7 each. The median disposable income is €26,380 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
3,300
jobs based in Solliès-Pont, 0.7 per working resident
13.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Antoine Groignard: Photograph by Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Raphaël Ponson: BILLIOUD, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Antony Real: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain · Jean-Joseph Rigouard: Pierre Charles Coqueret, Public domain
Solliès-Pont’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Solliès-Pont
Is Solliès-Pont safe?
It grades C for safety, #41 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 115 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Solliès-Pont good?
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #36 of 63 in Var. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Solliès-Pont expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Solliès-Pont grades C− for cost of living.
About Solliès-Pont
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Solliès-Pont is a commune of 12,521 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Gapeau. 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.
