Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,517 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Limours grades A+ overall: better than 96% of compared French towns, and #2 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment.
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 Limours does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Limours 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 lists 2 historic monuments in Limours, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2006.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Limours.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Limours is below both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 450 residents of Limours died, against 601 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Limours comes above both Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #2 of 94 in Essonne.
| 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
For Limours, that is above both Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 7.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 113 offenses in the graded categories in Limours 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 185 sales of houses and apartments in Limours from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,237/m² for the median of compared towns in Essonne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,232/m² | 151 |
| Apartments | €3,614/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Limours, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Limours sits above both Essonne’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Over-65s are 21% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Limours | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Limours. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Limours, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Cyrilb1881 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · pavillon « Mansart »: Photo: Franck devedjian · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Limours.
Christopher Six: Catteridge, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limours | 6,517 | — | A+ | C | B+ | A |
| Forges-les-Bains | 4,241 | 1.2 | — | C | — | A |
| Briis-sous-Forges | 3,342 | 2.7 | A+ | C | B+ | A+ |
| Gometz-le-Châtel | 2,630 | 4 | A− | D | B+ | A |
| Gif-sur-Yvette | 22,544 | 4.1 | A− | D | B+ | A+ |
| Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Yvelines | 7,747 | 4.5 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Chevreuse Yvelines | 5,502 | 4.7 | A− | C | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #10 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #2 of 94 in Essonne. 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €16.56/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Limours grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Limours is a commune of 6,517 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.
