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A town of 26,842 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Grigny grades D overall: better than 5% of compared French towns, and #87 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 16.4% unemployment. At the median price of €1,174/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud Seine Essonne Sénart. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 55% 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 Grigny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Grigny 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 Grigny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Immeuble, actuellement institut Saint-Clément, in Viry-Châtillon, 1.3 mi away.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Grigny. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry4.6 km southeast, in Évry-Courcouronnes
CathedralCathédrale de la Vierge-Marie-et-l'Archange-Raphaël2.8 km northeast, in DraveilChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villiers3.6 km northeast, in DraveilChâteauChâteauChâteau de Trousseau3.2 km east, in Ris-OrangisChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois4.2 km west, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-BoisMuseumMuseumMusée Paul-Delouvrier4.6 km southeast, in Évry-CourcouronnesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grigny.
For Grigny, that is above both Essonne’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 16% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Grigny | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 27% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 9.6% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 37% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Grigny sits below both Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. 16.4% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 829 offenses in the graded categories in Grigny in 2025. Grigny comes 89th of the 91 compared towns in Essonne on the Safety Grade. Violence against people ran at 12.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 23.6 (2023–2025 average).
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.
That puts Grigny below both Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sonia DelaunayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 70%+2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Louis Saint-Clément PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 199 | 100%+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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Grigny’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, above both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,302 residents of Grigny died, against 1,192 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. 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.
The median sale price was €1,174/m², below both Essonne’s towns (€3,237/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). No town in Essonne costs less to buy into than Grigny, at €1,174/m², the lowest of 96. In Grigny, houses go for €2,821/m² and apartments for €1,095/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,821/m² | 49 |
| Apartments | €1,095/m² | 326 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Grigny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Grigny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grigny | 26,842 | — | D | B− | D | C− |
| Ris-Orangis | 31,189 | 1.2 | D− | C− | C− | C+ |
| Viry-Châtillon | 30,838 | 1.3 | D | D | D | A− |
| Fleury-Mérogis | 13,721 | 1.5 | C− | D | C− | A |
| Morsang-sur-Orge | 21,667 | 1.6 | D | D | C | B |
| Draveil | 30,098 | 2.4 | C+ | D | C+ | A |
| Villemoisson-sur-Orge | 7,332 | 2.5 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #89 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 272 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns and #73 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 199 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Louis Saint-Clément 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 too, so Grigny grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Grigny is a commune of 26,842 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud Seine Essonne Sénart. 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.