Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,531 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Cerny grades A− overall: better than 75% of compared French towns, and #10 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Cerny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cerny 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 1 historic monument in Cerny, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cerny.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 58 offenses in the graded categories in Cerny in 2025. Cerny comes 2nd of the 91 compared towns in Essonne on the Safety Grade. For other physical violence, sexual violence 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, 17.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
In the comparison, Cerny comes below both Essonne’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Cerny has 750 jobs for 1,650 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €30,290 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,767/m², comes from 143 sales of houses and apartments in Cerny from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,695/m² | 119 |
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.
For Cerny, that is above both Essonne’s towns (3.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cerny, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 20% are 65 or over, against 12% and 16% in the median compared commune of Essonne. 34% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Essonne 39%, France 30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Cerny | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 355 residents of Cerny died, against 311 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. Its care home for older people (73 places) counts its residents as Cerny’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Cerny sits above Essonne’s towns (81.7%) but below compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert CamusNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 88%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Alexandre DenisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 118 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Cerny. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Villiersin townAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Villiers-aux-Nonnainsin townMuseumMuseumMusée Volant Salisin townChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Orgemontin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Frémigny4.5 km north, in Bouray-sur-JuineChâteauChâteauChâteau de D'Huison-Longueville2.2 km south, in D'Huison-LonguevillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Cerny has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cerny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerny | 3,531 | — | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| La Ferté-Alais | 3,731 | 1.4 | B | C | B | B− |
| Itteville | 6,746 | 3 | B− | C− | B+ | C |
| Ballancourt-sur-Essonne | 8,191 | 4 | C+ | C− | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Vrain | 3,089 | 4 | — | C− | — | A |
| Lardy | 5,530 | 4 | B+ | C | B− | A |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne | 3,146 | 4.1 | — | C | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #2 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #10 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 99% of 118 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Alexandre Denis in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,767/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cerny grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Cerny is a commune of 3,531 people in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Essonne (CCVE). 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.