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RicharvilleEssonne

A town of 386 in Essonne, Île-de-France.

Is Richarville a good place to live?

Richarville is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Richarville stand out

The one thing Richarville does most differently from other towns.

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Richarville’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Richarville’s story

No historic monuments in Richarville

The Culture ministry lists no building in Richarville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Germain, in Dourdan, 4 mi away.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Few people in Richarville are 15 to 24: 8.4%, fewer than in Essonne’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Richarville below both Essonne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 26% of the population.

48.6median age
RicharvilleEssonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education41%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Richarville
RicharvilleEssonne medianFrance median
Under 1518%20%17%
15–248.4%12%11%
25–4418%25%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+26%16%22%
No diploma15%15%19%
CAP or BEP26%20%26%
Baccalauréat14%19%18%
Higher education41%39%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Richarville is better off than Essonne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €32,090 a year per consumption unit

On this, Richarville is above both Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 10.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Richarville has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport8%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Richarville, 0.2 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Richarville costs an estimated advertised €14.72/m² a month, against €17.41/m² in Essonne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€14.72/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Richarville€14.72/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Essonne median€17.41/m²
€14.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.23 to €17.70/m² a month)
€12.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Ouÿe and 2 more in and around Richarville

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Richarville. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Richarville

12pages on Richarville

Landmarks

Nothing in Richarville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Richarville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Richarville yet.

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Richarville’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Essonne →
DourdanSaint-Arnoult-en-YvelinesÉtampesSaint-ChéronAblisÉtréchyDourdanSaint-Arnoult-en-YvelinesÉtampesSaint-ChéronAblisÉtréchyRicharville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Richarville386—————
Dourdan11,4154CC−CB−
Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines Yvelines5,8757.5A−CA−A−
Étampes26,8577.6DC−CC+
Saint-Chéron5,1327.9C+C−BB
Ablis Yvelines3,9137.9A+B−AA+
Étréchy6,9868.7B−CB+B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Richarville

Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France

Richarville is a commune of 386 people in the Communauté de communes Le Dourdannais en Hurepoix (CCDH). 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

Population
386 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Le Dourdannais en Hurepoix (CCDH)
Département
Essonne (91)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
4.1 sq mi (10.5 km²)
INSEE code
91519

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.