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It is a town of 2,504 residents in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Health is a strength (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: brevet results 6.8 points below the expected rate. It lags on cost of living as well — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: just over three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Solliès-Ville has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Solliès-Ville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Solliès-Ville 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.
Solliès-Ville has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Solliès-Ville has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Solliès-Ville.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Solliès-Ville, below Var’s towns (85.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The nearest general lycée is 3.4 mi away. By results, schools here place #53 of 63 in Var.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Vallée du GapeauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 176 | 86%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.17/m² a month, lower than Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 57 houses and apartments changed hands in Solliès-Ville from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €16.16/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,006/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The census found 6.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 8.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Var’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 1,150 residents in work, Solliès-Ville has 400 jobs: 0.4 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
15% are under 15, close to Var’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Half the people of Solliès-Ville are older than 49.6.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Solliès-Ville | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Solliès-Ville is Château de Forbin (ruines). Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, above both Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
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.
Average lifespans in Var: 86 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 223 deaths in Solliès-Ville from 2016 to 2025; there were 189, 15% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Solliès-Ville is Chi Toulon la Seyne Sur Mer Ch Sainte Musse, 5 mi away.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.6. Police and gendarmerie figures for Solliès-Ville show 26 offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (40.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Solliès-Ville. Best known first.
Solliès-Ville has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
Église Saint-Michel l'Archange: Photo: Finoskov · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Solliès-Ville as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solliès-Ville | 2,504 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| La Farlède | 10,014 | 1 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Solliès-Pont | 12,521 | 1.1 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Solliès-Toucas | 6,269 | 2.1 | B | C− | A− | A− |
| La Crau | 19,556 | 3.1 | C+ | D− | B+ | B |
| La Valette-du-Var | 23,719 | 3.7 | C | D | C | C+ |
| La Garde | 26,476 | 4.3 | C+ | D− | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Solliès-Ville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #53 of 63 in Var. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Solliès-Ville grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Solliès-Ville is a commune of 2,504 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
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 November 4, 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.
