Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,471 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Nozay grades A overall: better than 94% of compared French towns, and #3 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 7.0% 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 3 things Nozay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nozay 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 Nozay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Montagu (ancien), in Marcoussis, 1.3 mi away.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Nozay. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Montagu2 km southwest, in MarcoussisChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montlhéry3.6 km southeast, in MontlhéryChâteauChâteauChâteau de Ballainvilliers4.2 km east, in BallainvilliersChâteauChâteauChâteau du Bois-Courtin3.3 km north, in VillejustChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villebon-sur-Yvette4.7 km north, in Villebon-sur-YvetteTheme parkTheme parkPop Corn Labyrinthe3 km southwest, in MarcoussisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nozay.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Nozay comes below both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 159 residents of Nozay died, against 251 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% 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
For Nozay, that is above both Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 7.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 126 sales of houses and apartments in Nozay 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 | €3,333/m² | 88 |
| Apartments | €3,572/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
No compared town in Essonne has less graded crime per resident than Nozay: it ranks first of 91. Police and gendarmerie recorded 49 offenses in the graded categories in Nozay in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence and sexual violence, 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, 11.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Nozay sits above both Essonne’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Nozay | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Nozay, 96.5% passed the bac, above both Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louise WeissNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 115 | 83%−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
Nothing in Nozay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nozay yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nozay | 4,471 | — | A | D | A− | A+ |
| La Ville-du-Bois | 8,161 | 1.2 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Villejust | 2,558 | 1.4 | C | D | C | C+ |
| Marcoussis | 8,618 | 1.4 | B+ | C− | C+ | A− |
| Montlhéry | 9,772 | 1.8 | C+ | D | C | B− |
| Longpont-sur-Orge | 6,482 | 2.3 | C | D | C | A− |
| Ballainvilliers | 4,904 | 2.4 | B− | D | C− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #1 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage. With 2,950 jobs for 2,300 working residents, Nozay draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #6 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €17.94/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nozay grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Nozay is a commune of 4,471 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.