Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,615 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Champlan grades C+ overall: better than 39% of compared French towns, and #51 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Champlan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Champlan 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Champlan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Longjumeau, 1.3 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Champlan. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du Hurepoix2.5 km west, in Palaiseau
ChâteauChâteau de Chilly-Mazarin2.7 km east, in Chilly-Mazarin
MuseumMus’X4.9 km west, in PalaiseauChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vilgénis3.8 km northwest, in MassyGardenGardenArboretum Vilmorin4.8 km north, in Verrières-le-BuissonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Champlan.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Champlan is below both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 139 residents of Champlan died, against 194 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 61 sales of houses and apartments in Champlan 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.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,355/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 26.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). Champlan has 1,950 jobs for 1,250 working residents, 1.6 per worker. The median disposable income is €27,620 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 79 offenses in the graded categories in Champlan in 2025. Violence against people ran at 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 21.2 (2023–2025 average). For sexual violence, 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, 4.8% of the index here.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Champlan comes close to Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Institution Saint Vincent de Paul PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 95%−2 pts |
| Lycée Institution Saint Vincent de Paul PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 95 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Gustave EiffelBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 119 | 90%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Champlan, that is above both Essonne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Champlan | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Champlan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Champlan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champlan | 2,615 | — | C+ | D | C− | A |
| Saulx-les-Chartreux | 6,733 | 1.3 | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Longjumeau | 21,996 | 1.5 | C+ | C− | C | A− |
| Massy | 51,729 | 1.6 | C+ | D | C | A− |
| Palaiseau | 37,471 | 1.8 | B | D | C+ | A− |
| Chilly-Mazarin | 20,443 | 1.8 | C | C | D | B+ |
| Villebon-sur-Yvette | 10,291 | 2.1 | B | D | C− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #76 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #51 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 95 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Institution Saint Vincent de Paul 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €17.75/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Champlan grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Champlan is a commune of 2,615 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Communauté Paris-Saclay. 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.