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The town has 11,623 residents and lies in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon’s overall C− puts it #76 of 91 in Essonne. On that grade it does better than 23% of compared French towns. Pupils here do less well than most (C): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 6.8 points below the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and C+ for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 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 1 historic monument in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon.
The 15-to-24 age group: 14%, higher than both Essonne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon has a median age of 35.2 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon sell for €3,135/m² and apartments for €2,598/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €16.85/m² a month, near Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 312 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,135/m² | 188 |
| Apartments | €2,598/m² | 124 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €27,610 a year per consumption unit, below Essonne’s towns (€29,720) but above compared French towns (€25,970). For its 5,150 residents in work, Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon has 2,100 jobs: 0.4 each. 10.7% of the labour force are out of work.
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.
93.1% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon, above Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #28 of 94 in Essonne. At the four general lycées, 96% of 1,250 candidates passed the bac, 1.9 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roland GarrosNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 70%−11 pts |
| Lycée Edmond MicheletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 361 | 97%+3 pts |
| 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon; none is classé, France’s top protection. 1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Essonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 601 deaths in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon from 2016 to 2025; there were 621, 3% more. 6 GPs practise locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon was criminal damage (2025). The police record for Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon lists 233 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5 violent offenses and 17.1 graded property crimes a year.
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 · 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, 0.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon | 11,623 | — | C− | D | B− | C+ |
| La Norville | 4,268 | 1 | B− | D | C | A |
| Arpajon | 11,698 | 1.1 | C− | D | C− | B+ |
| Leuville-sur-Orge | 4,271 | 1.1 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Ollainville | 5,455 | 1.6 | B | D | B− | B+ |
| Linas | 7,987 | 1.9 | C− | C− | C | B− |
| Égly | 7,166 | 1.9 | C+ | D | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #37 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 40 burglaries and 59 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns and #28 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 97% of 361 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Edmond Michelet in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon is a commune of 11,623 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Essonne Agglomération. 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 November 4, 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.