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A town in Essonne, Île-de-France, home to 1,536 people.
Gometz-la-Ville’s strongest subject is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 41% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Only 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Gometz-la-Ville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Gometz-la-Ville 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.
Gometz-la-Ville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Gometz-la-Ville does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gometz-la-Ville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine du château, in Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Gometz-la-Ville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gometz-la-Ville.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of residents, below Essonne’s towns (12%) but above compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 19% of the population. The median resident of Gometz-la-Ville is 41.1 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Gometz-la-Ville | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 58% | 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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 80 deaths in Gometz-la-Ville from 2016 to 2025; there were 61, 24% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Gometz-la-Ville come to 76 per 100 predicted. At birth, a girl in Essonne can expect 86.4 years and a boy 82.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Of those in the labour force, 6.3% are unemployed. At the census, 12.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, about level with compared French towns (13.4%) and below Essonne’s towns (25.8%).
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 26 homes were sold in Gometz-la-Ville. Houses accounted for 85% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Gometz-la-Ville is 95.6%, above both Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 0.9 mi away. At the three general lycées, 97% of 973 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les GoussonsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 202 | 90%−6 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
The 2025 count: 18 offenses in Gometz-la-Ville. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.8 cases of violence against people and 15 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Gometz-la-Ville (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 38.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Gometz-la-Ville. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Vaugien3.9 km northwest, in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
MuseumMusée Raymond-Devos4.8 km northwest, in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
MuseumMusée de l'Optométrie3.4 km northeast, in Bures-sur-YvetteGardenGardenParc botanique de Launay4.9 km northeast, in Bures-sur-YvetteChâteauChâteauChâteau de l'Ermitage3.3 km north, in Gif-sur-YvettePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gometz-la-Ville yet.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Gometz-la-Ville is a commune of 1,536 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Limours (CCPL). 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gometz-la-Ville | 1,536 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Gometz-le-Châtel | 2,630 | 1.1 | A− | D | B+ | A |
| Gif-sur-Yvette | 22,544 | 1.4 | A− | D | B+ | A+ |
| Bures-sur-Yvette | 9,548 | 2 | B | D | C | A |
| Les Ulis | 25,886 | 2.4 | B− | C | C+ | B+ |
| Limours | 6,517 | 2.9 | A+ | C | B+ | A |
| Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Yvelines | 7,747 | 3.2 | A− | C− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gometz-la-Ville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns. 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.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.