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15- to 24-year-olds are 19% of the population. Home to 22,544 people, this town lies in Essonne, Île-de-France.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. With an A− overall, Gif-sur-Yvette is better than 84% of compared French towns and ranks #7 of 91 in Essonne. It does especially well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. What counts against it is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Gif-sur-Yvette does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gif-sur-Yvette 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Gif-sur-Yvette; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1938.
2% 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 Gif-sur-Yvette. Best known first.
MuseumFondation de Coubertin4.6 km west, in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
ChâteauChâteau de Vaugien2.7 km west, in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
MuseumMusée Raymond-Devos3.6 km west, in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
MuseumMusée de l'Optométrie2.6 km east, in Bures-sur-YvetteChâteauChâteauChâteau de Buttonin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gif-sur-Yvette.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
18 GPs practise in Gif-sur-Yvette. Life expectancy in Essonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 1,226 residents of Gif-sur-Yvette died, against 1,810 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €4,057/m², above Essonne’s towns (€3,237/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The market in Gif-sur-Yvette: 586 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 50% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,064/m² | 293 |
| Apartments | €4,048/m² | 293 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 8.1%. At the census, 32.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 12,800 jobs are based in Gif-sur-Yvette, for 9,700 working residents (1.3 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Gif-sur-Yvette show 480 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.6. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. The age that splits Gif-sur-Yvette in two is 40. Just over two thirds of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Essonne 39%, France 30%).
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Gif-sur-Yvette | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 9.4% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 68% | 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 earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 2% of the total, lower than both Essonne’s towns (3.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Gif-sur-Yvette is 96.0%, above Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Ranked by results, schools here are #12 of 94 in Essonne. At the three general lycées, 98% of 998 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Juliette AdamNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 151 | 91%−5 pts |
| Lycée de la vallée de ChevreuseNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 363 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège MondétourBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 121 | 81%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Gif-sur-Yvette has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Rémi: Photo: Cyrilb1881 · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Gif-sur-Yvette.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gif-sur-Yvette | 22,544 | — | A− | D | B+ | A+ |
| Gometz-le-Châtel | 2,630 | 1.4 | A− | D | B+ | A |
| Bures-sur-Yvette | 9,548 | 1.5 | B | D | C | A |
| Les Ulis | 25,886 | 2.3 | B− | C | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Yvelines | 7,747 | 2.4 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Magny-les-Hameaux Yvelines | 9,386 | 2.4 | B | D | B+ | B |
| Orsay | 16,498 | 3.1 | B | D | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #16 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 85 burglaries and 129 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns and #12 of 94 in Essonne. 98% of 363 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de la vallée de Chevreuse in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €4,064/m² (293 sales), apartments €4,048/m² (293 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gif-sur-Yvette grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Gif-sur-Yvette is a commune of 22,544 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 November 4, 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.