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The town has 1,975 residents and lies in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Health is a strength too (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The median home sells for €3,695/m².
Les Molières 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.
The one thing Les Molières does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Molières 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.
Les Molières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Molières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Breteuil, in Choisel, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Les Molières. Best known first.
MuseumFondation de Coubertin3.4 km north, in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
ChâteauChâteau de Vaugien3.6 km northeast, in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
MuseumMusée Raymond-Devos3.8 km north, in Saint-Rémy-lès-ChevreuseAttractionAttractionChâteau de la Madeleine4.6 km northwest, in ChevreuseChâteauChâteauChâteau de Méridon3.4 km northwest, in ChevreusePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Molières.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.46/m² a month, about level with Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €15.56/m² a month. The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,763/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Essonne is 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Les Molières records 77 deaths per 100 expected, close to Essonne’s towns (79) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 109 residents of Les Molières died, against 141 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Les Molières is Hopital Paris Saclay, 6.4 mi away.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Michel VignaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 233 | 96%+1 pt |
| Lycée Jules VerneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 314 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
4.8% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Essonne’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 14.4% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, below Essonne’s towns (12%) and close to compared French towns (11%). A fifth of residents have reached 65. The share of residents under 15 is 18%.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Les Molières | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 58% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Graded property crimes ran at 8.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.7 (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses in Les Molières came to 18 in 2025. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Les Molières (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 60.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Les Molières is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Les Molières.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Molières | 1,975 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Limours | 6,517 | 2 | A+ | C | B+ | A |
| Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Yvelines | 7,747 | 2.5 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Chevreuse Yvelines | 5,502 | 2.7 | A− | C | A | C− |
| Gif-sur-Yvette | 22,544 | 2.9 | A− | D | B+ | A+ |
| Forges-les-Bains | 4,241 | 3.1 | — | C | — | A |
| Gometz-le-Châtel | 2,630 | 3.5 | A− | D | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Molières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns. 98% of 314 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jules Verne in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Molières grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Les Molières is a commune of 1,975 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
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.