Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,618 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Marcoussis grades B+ overall: better than 71% of compared French towns, and #11 of 91 in Essonne. 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. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.7% 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 Marcoussis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marcoussis 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 3 historic monuments in Marcoussis: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1965.
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Marcoussis. Best known first.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marcoussis.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Marcoussis below both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 741 residents of Marcoussis died, against 777 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,288/m², comes from 216 sales of houses and apartments in Marcoussis from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Marcoussis sell for €3,279/m² and apartments for €3,491/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,279/m² | 156 |
| Apartments | €3,491/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Marcoussis is above both Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 14.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Marcoussis comes above both Essonne’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 18% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Marcoussis | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 203 offenses in the graded categories in Marcoussis in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.7% of the index here.
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.
100.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Marcoussis, above both Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 77%−9 pts |
| Lycée du Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 174 | 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Marcoussis: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Marcoussis: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Château de Montagu (ancien): Photo: Original téléversé par Accrochoc sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pavillon de chasse dit Pavillon du Roi: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Marcoussis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcoussis | 8,618 | — | B+ | C− | C+ | A− |
| Nozay | 4,471 | 1.4 | A | D | A− | A+ |
| Linas | 7,987 | 1.9 | C− | C− | C | B− |
| Montlhéry | 9,772 | 1.9 | C+ | D | C | B− |
| La Ville-du-Bois | 8,161 | 2.2 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Leuville-sur-Orge | 4,271 | 2.3 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Longpont-sur-Orge | 6,482 | 2.6 | C | D | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #48 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 55 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #4 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 174 candidates passed the bac at Lycée du Sacré-Coeur 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 €3,288/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marcoussis grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Marcoussis is a commune of 8,618 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Communauté Paris-Saclay. 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.