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6,733 people call this town in Essonne, Île-de-France home.
The picture is mixed. Saulx-les-Chartreux’s overall grade is C+, better than 38% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #52 of 91 in Essonne. Where it falls short is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (C−): bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 5.8 points below the expected rate. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Saulx-les-Chartreux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saulx-les-Chartreux 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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Saulx-les-Chartreux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saulx-les-Chartreux. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du Hurepoix3.4 km northwest, in Palaiseau
ChâteauChâteau de Chilly-Mazarin3.3 km northeast, in Chilly-MazarinChâteauChâteauChâteau de Ballainvilliers2.4 km southeast, in BallainvilliersChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bel Abord3.6 km northeast, in Chilly-MazarinChâteauChâteauDomaine de Sillery4.1 km east, in Épinay-sur-OrgeChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Ardenay3.9 km northwest, in PalaiseauPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saulx-les-Chartreux.
11% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Essonne’s towns (12%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 14% of residents are 65 or older. Among adults, 41% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saulx-les-Chartreux | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.06/m² a month, near Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Saulx-les-Chartreux, houses go for €3,461/m² and apartments for €3,569/m². House rents are put at about €15.42/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,461/m² | 110 |
| Apartments | €3,569/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
15.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, between Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saulx-les-Chartreux has 1,650 jobs for 3,150 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €30,140 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saulx-les-Chartreux records 78 deaths per 100 expected, near Essonne’s towns (79) and lower than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 276 residents of Saulx-les-Chartreux died, against 354 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer. 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 Saulx-les-Chartreux can choose among 4 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Saulx-les-Chartreux, 83.9% passed the brevet, higher than Essonne’s towns (81.7%) yet lower than compared French towns (87.5%). Vocational results within 5 km: 78% passed the bac pro, of 599 candidates at 5 lycées. School results put the town #56 of 94 in Essonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pablo PicassoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 187 | 85%−3 pts |
| Lycée Jacques PrévertNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 288 | 95%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Henri PoincaréBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 149 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Saulx-les-Chartreux was criminal damage (2025). All told, Saulx-les-Chartreux had 161 recorded offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 15.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.7 (2023–2025 average).
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 sexual violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saulx-les-Chartreux; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Saulx-les-Chartreux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saulx-les-Chartreux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulx-les-Chartreux | 6,733 | — | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Longjumeau | 21,996 | 1.1 | C+ | C− | C | A− |
| Champlan | 2,615 | 1.3 | C+ | D | C− | A |
| Ballainvilliers | 4,904 | 1.4 | B− | D | C− | A+ |
| La Ville-du-Bois | 8,161 | 1.9 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Villejust | 2,558 | 2 | C | D | C | C+ |
| Chilly-Mazarin | 20,443 | 2.1 | C | C | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #43 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 54 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #56 of 94 in Essonne. 95% of 288 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jacques Prévert in 2025, a point below 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 Saulx-les-Chartreux grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Saulx-les-Chartreux is a commune of 6,733 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 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.