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Home to 1,186 people, this town lies in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Residents are healthier than most (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 47% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well: bac results 2.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.5 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Brières-les-Scellés 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.
Each subject compares Brières-les-Scellés 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.
Brières-les-Scellés has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Brières-les-Scellés; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Brières-les-Scellés. Best known first.
MuseumMusée municipal d'Étampes2.9 km southeast, in ÉtampesChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Étampes2.6 km southeast, in ÉtampesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Brunehaut2.9 km east, in Morigny-ChampignyChâteauChâteauPalais de justice d'Étampes3 km southeast, in ÉtampesFortFortTour du Loup3.1 km south, in ÉtampesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brières-les-Scellés.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Essonne is 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 82 deaths in Brières-les-Scellés from 2016 to 2025; there were 55, 33% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Brières-les-Scellés is Centre hospitalier Sud Essonne Dourdan site Etampes, 2.4 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 25 homes were sold in Brières-les-Scellés. House rents are put at about €12.56/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Brières-les-Scellés, above Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). Vocational results within 5 km: 74% passed the bac pro, of 158 candidates at 2 lycées. Collège pupils travel 1.7 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 100%+5 pts |
| Lycée Geoffroy- Saint-HilaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 594 | 91%−2 pts |
| Lycée Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 88 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, near Essonne’s towns (20%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 13% of residents. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Brières-les-Scellés | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Brières-les-Scellés; none is classé, France’s top protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The median disposable income was €30,810 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 14.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Brières-les-Scellés has 850 jobs for 550 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.4 violent offenses and 8.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Brières-les-Scellés has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Quentin: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brières-les-Scellés 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brières-les-Scellés | 1,186 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Étampes | 26,857 | 1.7 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Morigny-Champigny | 4,412 | 2.3 | B+ | D | A− | B+ |
| Étréchy | 6,986 | 3.2 | B− | C | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Chéron | 5,132 | 6.6 | C+ | C− | B | B |
| Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon | 3,882 | 7.5 | A− | C− | B+ | B+ |
| Lardy | 5,530 | 7.6 | B+ | C | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Brières-les-Scellés has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. 91% of 594 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Geoffroy- Saint-Hilaire in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Brières-les-Scellés is a commune of 1,186 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Étampois Sud Essonne. 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) · 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.