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A town of 13,721 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Fleury-Mérogis grades C− overall: better than 24% of compared French towns, and #73 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 37% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Fleury-Mérogis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fleury-Mérogis 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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Fleury-Mérogis has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
0.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Fleury-Mérogis. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fleury-Mérogis.
4.7% of residents are 65 or over, below Essonne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. Ages in Fleury-Mérogis split evenly at 30.2: half are older, half younger.
36% women, 64% men
About 56 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Fleury-Mérogis | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 42% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 16% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 4.7% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Fleury-Mérogis holds 6,300 jobs; 4,150 of its residents are in work, so 1.5 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 9.1%, about level with Essonne’s towns (8.7%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 26.2% of working residents in Fleury-Mérogis to work at the census.
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.
Fleury-Mérogis has 4 family doctors. At birth, a girl in Essonne can expect 86.4 years and a boy 82.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 324 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 410, 27% more.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,058/m² in Fleury-Mérogis, apartments for €2,914/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €17.42/m² a month, close to Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 133 homes locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,058/m² | 35 |
| Apartments | €2,914/m² | 98 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Fleury-Mérogis, 89.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.7 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #74 of 94 in Essonne on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 179 | 73%−5 pts |
| Lycée Albert EinsteinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 408 | 94%+1 pt |
| Collège Jean VilarBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 103 | 82%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other physical violence topped the graded crimes in Fleury-Mérogis (2025). Violence against people averaged 17.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.2. In all, 446 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025.
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 · For armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Fleury-Mérogis; none is classé, France’s top protection. 0.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Fleury-Mérogis has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Fleury-Mérogis as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleury-Mérogis | 13,721 | — | C− | D | C− | A |
| Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois | 35,438 | 1.3 | C− | D | C− | A− |
| Morsang-sur-Orge | 21,667 | 1.4 | D | D | C | B |
| Grigny | 26,842 | 1.5 | D | B− | D | C− |
| Bondoufle | 10,767 | 1.9 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Villemoisson-sur-Orge | 7,332 | 2.1 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Saint-Michel-sur-Orge | 21,776 | 2.1 | C | C− | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #81 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 98 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns and #74 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 94% of 408 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Albert Einstein in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Fleury-Mérogis grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Fleury-Mérogis is a commune of 13,721 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
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.