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BoignevilleEssonne

A town of 369 in Essonne, Île-de-France.

Is Boigneville a good place to live?

Boigneville is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Boigneville stand out

The one thing Boigneville does most differently from other towns.

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Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption · Classé · Photo: Poudou99 · CC BY 3.0
Boigneville’s story

Boigneville in pictures

Boigneville has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1925.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1925First protected: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
  • 1980Most recently protected: Grotte de Prinvaux
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The data

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History

Boigneville keeps more of its old housing than Essonne or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Boigneville is Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1925
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 12% of Boigneville, fewer than in Essonne’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, above both Essonne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.6%. Boigneville has a median age of 50.8 years.

50.8median age
BoignevilleEssonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education35%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Boigneville
BoignevilleEssonne medianFrance median
Under 1512%20%17%
15–247.6%12%11%
25–4424%25%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+25%16%22%
No diploma12%15%19%
CAP or BEP28%20%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education35%39%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

14.2% of commuters in Boigneville walk, cycle or ride, against 25.8% in Essonne’s towns and 13.4% in compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €27,720 a year per consumption unit, lower than Essonne’s towns (€29,720) yet higher than compared French towns (€25,970). For its 200 residents in work, Boigneville has 250 jobs: 1.3 each. No commute at all: 4.9% of working residents locally at the census.

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport11%
Bicycle2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Boigneville, 1.3 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent in Boigneville is €14.45/m² a month, against €17.41/m² in Essonne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Boigneville recorded 16 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€14.45/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Boigneville€14.45/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Essonne median€17.41/m²
€14.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.78 to €17.72/m² a month)
€12.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Atelier-musée de l'imprimerie and 2 more in and around Boigneville

Heritage and museums in and near Boigneville. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Boigneville

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Landmarks

Boigneville has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Grotte de Prinvaux: Photo: X-Javier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: Photo: Poudou99 · CC BY 3.0

Famous people from Boigneville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Boigneville yet.

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Boigneville’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Le MalesherboisMaisseMilly-la-ForêtBoutigny-sur-EssonnePuiseauxLa Ferté-AlaisLe MalesherboisMaisseMilly-la-ForêtBoutigny-sur-EssonnePuiseauxLa Ferté-AlaisBoigneville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Boigneville369—————
Le Malesherbois Loiret8,0163.3CB−B−C
Maisse2,7974.3—C+—B
Milly-la-Forêt4,5626.3C+C−C+B+
Boutigny-sur-Essonne3,1466.9—C—D
Puiseaux Loiret3,2999.9B−BBC+
La Ferté-Alais3,73110BCBB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Boigneville

Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France

Boigneville is a commune of 369 people in the Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées. 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

Population
369 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées
Département
Essonne (91)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
6.1 sq mi (15.8 km²)
INSEE code
91069

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.