Bruyères-le-Châtel grades A overall: better than 87% of compared French towns, and #5 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Bruyères-le-Châtel 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.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bruyères-le-Châtel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1931.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Bruyères-le-Châtel before 1900, the earliest Guillaume, Marie Carré, in 1770.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bruyères-le-Châtel.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Bruyères-le-Châtel sees fewer deaths than Essonne’s towns or compared French towns: 64 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Bruyères-le-Châtel sits below both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 204 residents of Bruyères-le-Châtel died, against 234 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−36%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted64
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Bruyères-le-Châtel · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
2.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
86.4 · 82.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Essonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bruyères-le-Châtel is easier to get around on foot than 90% of compared French towns
16.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €30,810 a year per consumption unit.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport12%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
2,750
jobs based in Bruyères-le-Châtel, 1.5 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
The median sale price of homes in Bruyères-le-Châtel is €3,025/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 117 sales of houses and apartments in Bruyères-le-Châtel from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,237/m² for the median of compared towns in Essonne.
€3,025/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bruyères-le-Châtel€3,025/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Essonne median€3,237/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,080/m²
83
Apartments
€2,664/m²
34
€17.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.10 to €19.61/m² a month)
7.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.50/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Essonne Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Bruyères-le-Châtel runs lower than in 78% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 71 offenses in the graded categories in Bruyères-le-Châtel in 2025. Violence against people ran at 7.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 8 (2023–2025 average). For burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 15.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
7.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence28
Criminal damage26
Sexual violence7
Other physical violence5
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud31
Theft without violence20
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.
7.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
71
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
15.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A younger town: only 17% of residents are 65 or over
12% of residents are 15 to 24 and 17% are 65 or over, against 12% and 16% in the median compared commune of Essonne. 38% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Essonne 39%, France 30%).
40.6median age
Bruyères-le-ChâtelEssonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bruyères-le-Châtel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bruyères-le-Châtel
Is Bruyères-le-Châtel safe?
It grades A− for safety, #4 of 91 in Essonne.
Are schools in Bruyères-le-Châtel good?
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns and #17 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 97% of 361 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Edmond Michelet in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bruyères-le-Châtel expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €17.21/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bruyères-le-Châtel grades D for cost of living.
About Bruyères-le-Châtel
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Bruyères-le-Châtel is a commune of 3,788 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
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.
