{"id":25446,"date":"2026-02-02T18:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/?p=25446"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:25:08","slug":"2026-ranking-of-the-best-places-to-live-villes-villages-the-results-for-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/2026-ranking-of-the-best-places-to-live-villes-villages-the-results-for-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Ranking of the \u201cBest Places to Live\u201d \u2013 Villes &amp; Villages: the results for Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2026 ranking by the \u201cVilles &amp; Villages o\u00f9 il fait bon vivre\u201d association was unveiled on February 1st in the JDD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Results for Nice:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2026 Position<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><br>2025 Position<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Cities with more than 300,000 inhabitants<\/td><td>1st<\/td><td>1st<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alpes-Maritimes department<\/td><td>1st \/ 163<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants<\/td><td>4th \/ 40<\/td><td>6th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>National<\/td><td>9th \/ 34,727<\/td><td>13th<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ranking of major French metropolitan areas (over 300,000 inhabitants):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>City<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Position (+300k inhab.)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Position (+100k inhab.)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>National Position<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Nice<\/strong><\/td><td>1st<\/td><td>4th<\/td><td>9th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Montpellier<\/td><td>2nd<\/td><td>15th<\/td><td>37th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nantes<\/td><td>3rd<\/td><td>21st<\/td><td>57th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Toulouse<\/td><td>4th<\/td><td>23rd<\/td><td>65th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lyon<\/td><td>5th<\/td><td>24th<\/td><td>74th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Paris<\/td><td>6th<\/td><td>27th<\/td><td>107th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marseille<\/td><td>7th<\/td><td>30th<\/td><td>124th<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cVilles et Villages o\u00f9 il fait bon vivre\u201d ranking is the largest ranking of municipalities in France. The 2026 edition covers 34,727 municipalities in mainland France. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each municipality is assessed on 197 criteria across 11 categories: quality of life, safety, healthcare, transport, shops and services, education, environmental protection, local finances and taxes, solidarity, sports and leisure, and real estate appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine new criteria were added for this edition, focusing on safety, transport, and healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All criteria are based on official sources (INSEE, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Ecological Transition, Arcep, European Copernicus program). No self-reported data is used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The categories are weighted according to their level of importance, as determined by the French population through OpinionWay surveys conducted since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Association \u201cVilles &amp; Villages o\u00f9 il fait bon vivre\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villesetvillagesouilfaitbonvivre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.villesetvillagesouilfaitbonvivre.com\/<\/a><\/li><li>Official methodology: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villesetvillagesouilfaitbonvivre.com\/palmares\/methodologie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.villesetvillagesouilfaitbonvivre.com\/palmares\/methodologie<\/a><\/li><li>Le JDD \u2013 2026 Ranking: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lejdd.fr\/Societe\/top-500-des-villes-et-villages-2026-ou-il-fait-bon-vivre-votre-commune-est-elle-dans-le-classement-166262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.lejdd.fr\/Societe\/top-500-des-villes-et-villages-2026-ou-il-fait-bon-vivre-votre-commune-est-elle-dans-le-classement-166262<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2>Quality of Life Nice C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur<\/h2>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 ranking by the \u201cVilles &amp; Villages o\u00f9 il fait bon vivre\u201d association was unveiled on February 1st in the JDD. Results for Nice: Category 2026 Position 2025 Position Cities with more than 300,000 inhabitants 1st 1st Alpes-Maritimes department 1st \/ 163 \u2014 Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants 4th \/ 40 6th National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":25444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[102,140],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2026 Ranking of the \u201cBest Places to Live\u201d \u2013 Villes &amp; Villages: the results for Nice - Invest in C\u00f4te d&#039;Azur<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/2026-ranking-of-the-best-places-to-live-villes-villages-the-results-for-nice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026 Ranking of the \u201cBest Places to Live\u201d \u2013 Villes &amp; Villages: the results for Nice - Invest in C\u00f4te d&#039;Azur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2026 ranking by the \u201cVilles &amp; Villages o\u00f9 il fait bon vivre\u201d association was unveiled on February 1st in the JDD. 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