Nice vs Saint-Tropez.

In short, current to October 2026

• On $1,000,000 of income, Nice takes an effective 44% and Saint-Tropez takes 44%, an identical effective rate on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
• Both tax a capital gain on a resident disposal at 35%, so a liquidity event carries the same local charge either way.
• France operates a special regime for arriving foreigners: Impatriate regime under Article 155 B: for up to 8 years, employees and salaried officers recruited from abroad can exempt 30% of pay, and half of dividends, interest and securities gains from treaty countries is exempt from income tax. It needs 5 full calendar years outside France first. No wealth tax on financial assets, only on property above €1.3M. France operates: Impatriate regime under Article 155 B: for up to 8 years, employees and salaried officers recruited from abroad can exempt 30% of pay, and half of dividends, interest and securities gains from treaty countries is exempt from income tax. It needs 5 full calendar years outside France first. No wealth tax on financial assets, only on property above €1.3M.
• Inheritance, what a child pays: up to 45% in Nice, up to 45% in Saint-Tropez.
• Route in: Nice by Residence by investment, Founder & talent. Saint-Tropez by Residence by investment, Founder & talent.
• Cost of the life is 88 in Nice against 120 in Saint-Tropez on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, and safety 6 against 8 of 10. Both are Patrician.ch editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated 29 October 2026. Cite as: Patrician.ch, Nice vs Saint-Tropez: tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/nice-vs-saint-tropez/, October 2026.