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A town of 9,157 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Breuillet grades C overall: better than 30% of compared French towns, and #64 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 9.4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,090/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Essonne Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Breuillet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Breuillet 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 no building in Breuillet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Didier, in Bruyères-le-Châtel, 1.5 mi away.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Breuillet.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Breuillet is 79.7%, below Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. Collège pupils travel 2.7 mi to the nearest one. By results, schools here place #91 of 94 in Essonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Fontaine aux BergersNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 78%−10 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.
152 sales of houses and apartments in Breuillet, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,090/m². The sales split: 89% houses, the rest apartments. House rents are put at about €14.42/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,079/m² | 136 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in Breuillet: 1,300, for 4,300 residents in work (0.3 each). The median disposable income was €29,370 a year per consumption unit, about level with Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and above compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.9% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, close to Essonne’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 16% of the population. Half of Breuillet is older than 39.4, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Breuillet | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
The 2025 count: 177 offenses in Breuillet. Violence against people averaged 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.5. Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
624 deaths in Breuillet between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 639: 2% below. Women in Essonne live to 86.4 on average and men to 82.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Breuillet is Centre hospitalier, 3.1 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Heritage and family days out in and near Breuillet. Best known first.
Nothing in Breuillet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Breuillet yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breuillet | 9,157 | — | C | D | B+ | B− |
| Bruyères-le-Châtel | 3,788 | 1.5 | A | D | A− | A+ |
| Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon | 3,882 | 2 | A− | C− | B+ | B+ |
| Égly | 7,166 | 2.5 | C+ | D | B | A− |
| Ollainville | 5,455 | 2.7 | B | D | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Chéron | 5,132 | 2.8 | C+ | C− | B | B |
| Arpajon | 11,698 | 3.3 | C− | D | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #10 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 47 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns and #91 of 94 in Essonne. 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 €3,090/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Breuillet grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Breuillet is a commune of 9,157 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Essonne Agglomération. 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 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.