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4,271 people live in this town in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. Safety is its strong suit (A−) — an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 13.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With a B− overall, Leuville-sur-Orge is better than just over half of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #30 of 91 in Essonne. Walkability is a strength too (B+): 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Leuville-sur-Orge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Leuville-sur-Orge 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 Leuville-sur-Orge as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Merry, in Linas, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Leuville-sur-Orge. Best known first.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Leuville-sur-Orge.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,202/m² in Leuville-sur-Orge, apartments for €3,193/m². Behind the median of €3,194/m²: 152 houses and apartments sold here between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €15.50/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,202/m² | 118 |
| Apartments | €3,193/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 19%, below Essonne’s towns (20%) but above compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 40% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Leuville-sur-Orge | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Leuville-sur-Orge. The police record for Leuville-sur-Orge lists 52 offenses 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and burglary go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.6% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income is €30,770 a year per consumption unit. Leuville-sur-Orge has 450 jobs for 2,100 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Unemployment stood at 8.3%, near Essonne’s towns (8.7%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 340 deaths in Leuville-sur-Orge from 2016 to 2025; there were 346, 2% more. 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. This Essonne town has 3 family doctors.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #25 of 94 in Essonne. The closest collège is 1.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roland GarrosNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 70%−11 pts |
| Lycée Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 64 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Moreau PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 57 | 86%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Leuville-sur-Orge is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Leuville-sur-Orge.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leuville-sur-Orge | 4,271 | — | B− | D | A− | B |
| Linas | 7,987 | 0.8 | C− | C− | C | B− |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon | 11,623 | 1.1 | C− | D | B− | C+ |
| Montlhéry | 9,772 | 1.8 | C+ | D | C | B− |
| Brétigny-sur-Orge | 26,658 | 1.9 | C− | D | C− | B |
| Arpajon | 11,698 | 2.1 | C− | D | C− | B+ |
| La Norville | 4,268 | 2.1 | B− | D | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #7 of 91 in Essonne.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #25 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 64 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jeanne d'Arc 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,194/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Leuville-sur-Orge grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Leuville-sur-Orge is a commune of 4,271 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 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.