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The town, home to 1,285 people, lies in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Jobs and pay hold up well (B): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment. Its weakest subject is schools: brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Breux-Jouy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Breux-Jouy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Breux-Jouy 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.
Breux-Jouy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Breux-Jouy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Breux-Jouy. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Breux-Jouy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Breux-Jouy, 81.0% passed the brevet, close to Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.9 mi away. General-bac pupils go 4.1 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Hubert GermainNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 81%−9 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.
Behind the median of €2,977/m²: 30 houses and apartments sold in Breux-Jouy between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €12.86/m² a month.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Breux-Jouy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Among adults, 36% have a degree. A fifth of residents are 65 or over, higher than Essonne’s towns (16%) yet lower than compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Breux-Jouy | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
13.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and near compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €30,160 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Breux-Jouy didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 82 residents of Breux-Jouy died, against 95 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. In Essonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Breux-Jouy is Centre hospitalier, 4.2 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Breux-Jouy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Domaine de Baville: Photo: Attaleiv · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Breux-Jouy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breux-Jouy | 1,285 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Breuillet | 9,157 | 1.1 | C | D | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Chéron | 5,132 | 1.8 | C+ | C− | B | B |
| Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon | 3,882 | 2.4 | A− | C− | B+ | B+ |
| Bruyères-le-Châtel | 3,788 | 2.6 | A | D | A− | A+ |
| Égly | 7,166 | 3.5 | C+ | D | B | A− |
| Ollainville | 5,455 | 3.9 | B | D | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Breux-Jouy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 4% 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 €2,977/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Breux-Jouy grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Breux-Jouy is a commune of 1,285 people in the Communauté de communes Le Dourdannais en Hurepoix (CCDH). 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.