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The town has 8,191 residents and lies in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. Its weakest is schools: brevet results 12.3 points below the expected rate. Cost of living is weaker too (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on walkability as well (A) — 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at C+, better than 44% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #42 of 91 in Essonne. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Ballancourt-sur-Essonne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ballancourt-sur-Essonne 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ballancourt-sur-Essonne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1951.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ballancourt-sur-Essonne.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
78.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Ballancourt-sur-Essonne, lower than both Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%). On school results, the town ranks #93 of 94 in Essonne. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 3.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le SaussayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 179 | 77%−11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Essonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 685 deaths in Ballancourt-sur-Essonne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 802: 15% below. The nearest emergency department to Ballancourt-sur-Essonne is Centre hospitalier Sud Francilien Ch Louise Michel, 6.7 mi away. 6 GPs practise in the town.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
17.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income was €28,580 a year per consumption unit, below Essonne’s towns (€29,720) but above compared French towns (€25,970). Ballancourt-sur-Essonne holds 1,300 jobs; 3,750 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Ballancourt-sur-Essonne, houses go for €3,047/m² and apartments for €2,992/m². 267 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,031/m². Of the homes sold, 84% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,047/m² | 223 |
| Apartments | €2,992/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
31% of adults hold a degree, lower than Essonne’s towns (39%) and near compared French towns (30%). Children are a fifth of the town. People aged 15 to 24 are 12% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Ballancourt-sur-Essonne | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century. 5% of its homes were built before 1919, above Essonne’s towns (3.7%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Ballancourt-sur-Essonne. The 2025 count: 166 offenses locally. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 9.3 violent offenses and 11.2 graded property crimes a year.
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Ballancourt-sur-Essonne. Best known first.
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Ballancourt-sur-Essonne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château du Grand-Saussay: Photo: Barbubarb1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Ballancourt-sur-Essonne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballancourt-sur-Essonne | 8,191 | — | C+ | C− | B− | A+ |
| Itteville | 6,746 | 1.5 | B− | C− | B+ | C |
| Vert-le-Petit | 2,714 | 1.9 | C | C− | B+ | D |
| Saint-Vrain | 3,089 | 2.7 | — | C− | — | A |
| La Ferté-Alais | 3,731 | 3.3 | B | C | B | B− |
| Champcueil | 2,854 | 3.4 | — | C | — | A |
| Mennecy | 16,433 | 3.5 | C+ | C− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #29 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 50 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,031/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ballancourt-sur-Essonne grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Ballancourt-sur-Essonne is a commune of 8,191 people in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Essonne (CCVE). 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.