Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 14,129 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Morangis grades C overall: better than 33% of compared French towns, and #62 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% 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 one thing Morangis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Morangis 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 Morangis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Chilly-Mazarin, 1 mi away.
0.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Morangis. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Delta3.2 km northeast, in Athis-Mons
ChâteauChâteau de Chilly-Mazarin1.6 km west, in Chilly-MazarinChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bel Abord1.4 km west, in Chilly-MazarinChâteauChâteauDomaine de Sillery2.2 km south, in Épinay-sur-OrgeGardenGardenDomaine Les Étangs - Espace Arthur-Clark3.7 km north, in WissousChâteauChâteauChâteau de Ballainvilliers4.5 km southwest, in BallainvilliersPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Morangis.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Morangis above both Essonne’s towns (€3,237/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Morangis sell for €3,855/m² and apartments for €3,430/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,855/m² | 261 |
| Apartments | €3,430/m² | 164 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
25.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €29,180 a year per consumption unit. Morangis has 6,450 jobs for 6,350 working residents, 1 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Morangis is close to Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Michel VignaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 193 | 83%−3 pts |
| Lycée Marguerite YourcenarNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 194 | 93%±0 pts |
| Lycée Clément AderBest against expectations: 20 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 70 | 94%+20 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 431 offenses in the graded categories in Morangis in 2025. Violence against people ran at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 19 (2023–2025 average). 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, 0.4% 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,063 residents of Morangis died, against 1,130 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (171 places) count their residents as Morangis’; allowing for them, deaths were 19% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. 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
12% of residents are 15 to 24 and 18% are 65 or over, against 12% and 16% in the median compared commune of Essonne. 34% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Essonne 39%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Morangis | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Morangis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Morangis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morangis | 14,129 | — | C | D | C | B+ |
| Chilly-Mazarin | 20,443 | 0.9 | C | C | D | B+ |
| Paray-Vieille-Poste | 8,202 | 1.5 | C+ | D− | C | A− |
| Savigny-sur-Orge | 37,601 | 1.5 | C | D | C | A− |
| Longjumeau | 21,996 | 1.8 | C+ | C− | C | A− |
| Juvisy-sur-Orge | 19,292 | 2 | D | D | D | B− |
| Épinay-sur-Orge | 10,722 | 2 | C+ | D | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #68 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 56 burglaries and 138 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #47 of 94 in Essonne. 93% of 194 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marguerite Yourcenar 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 €17.84/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Morangis grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Morangis is a commune of 14,129 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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.