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A town of 1,819 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Saclas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saclas 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Saclas counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1920.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saclas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
128 deaths in Saclas between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 167: 23% below. Adjusted for age and care homes, Saclas records 77 deaths per 100 expected, near Essonne’s towns (79) and lower than compared French towns (88). Life expectancy in Essonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Saclas can choose among 2 GPs.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €2,354/m², lower than Essonne’s towns (€3,237/m²) and near compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €10.73/m² a month. The market in Saclas: 67 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,418/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €29,050 a year per consumption unit, about level with Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and above compared French towns (€25,970). 350 jobs are based in Saclas, for 800 working residents (0.4 per worker). Public transport took 12.1% of Saclas’ working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saclas counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Borne Seigneuriale. The protected list starts in the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
21% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 19%, near Essonne’s towns (20%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 28% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saclas | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 8.1 cases of violence against people and 10.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In all, 21 offenses reached the police record in Saclas in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (36.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saclas. Best known first.
The list names few of Saclas’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Borne Seigneuriale: Photo: Michelvincenzo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saclas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saclas | 1,819 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Le Mérévillois | 3,477 | 3.3 | B | C+ | A− | B |
| Étampes | 26,857 | 5.5 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Angerville | 4,428 | 6.4 | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Morigny-Champigny | 4,412 | 6.8 | B+ | D | A− | B+ |
| Étréchy | 6,986 | 9.7 | B− | C | B+ | B− |
| Maisse | 2,797 | 12 | — | C+ | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saclas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saclas grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Saclas is a commune of 1,819 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Étampois Sud Essonne. 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.