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The town has 28,909 residents and lies in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France.
On health it is strong — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is another plus — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 68% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 16.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, ranking #5 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine. It comes out better than 76% of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Bois-Colombes 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 2 things Bois-Colombes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bois-Colombes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2000.
Bois-Colombes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bois-Colombes.
Bois-Colombes holds 13,850 jobs; 15,050 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in the town at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.7%, about level with Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
A house in Bois-Colombes goes for €8,304/m², an apartment for €6,251/m². The estimated advertised rent is €25.15/m² a month, close to Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (€24.55/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 1,174 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €8,304/m² | 238 |
| Apartments | €6,251/m² | 936 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,824 residents of Bois-Colombes died, against 2,289 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Life expectancy in Hauts-de-Seine: 87.6 years for women and 83.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Bois-Colombes is Ghu Aphp Nord Universite Paris Cite site Louis Mourier, 1.6 mi away.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
63% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of residents, close to Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Bois-Colombes are older than 38.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hauts-de-Seine 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Bois-Colombes | Hauts-de-Seine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 29% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 11% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 9.1% | 10% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 13% | 18% |
| Higher education | 63% | 63% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hauts-de-Seine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Bois-Colombes ranks first of the 33 compared towns in Hauts-de-Seine on the Safety Grade. Recorded offenses in the town came to 448 in 2025. Violence against people ran at 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.7 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (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 · 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, 0.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Bois-Colombes, 89.7% passed the bac, below both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #31 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MermozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 142 | 87%−6 pts |
| Lycée Albert CamusNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 362 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Dora MaarBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 137 | 84%+15 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 lists 1 historic monument in Bois-Colombes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Gardens, museums and heritage in and near Bois-Colombes. Best known first.
AttractionArche de la Défense3.7 km southwest, in Puteaux
MuseumFondation d'entreprise Louis-Vuitton4.4 km south, in Paris 16e
GardenParc Monceau5 km southeast, in Paris 8e
AttractionHôtel Concorde La Fayette4.1 km south, in Paris 17e
Theme parkJardin d'acclimatation4.3 km south, in Paris 16ePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
55 notable people were born in Bois-Colombes.
Claude Lanzmann: Iñigo Royo, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nicole Maurey: Paramount Pictures, Public domain · Jacques Lanzmann: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Rodolphe: Crochet.david, CC BY-SA 3.0
Commune in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France
Bois-Colombes is a commune of 28,909 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bois-Colombes | 28,909 | — | A− | D− | A− | A |
| Asnières-sur-Seine | 93,941 | 0.6 | B− | D− | B− | A− |
| Colombes | 91,053 | 1.1 | C | D− | C+ | B |
| La Garenne-Colombes | 30,197 | 1.2 | B | D− | B | A |
| Gennevilliers | 50,979 | 1.3 | D | D− | C− | C+ |
| Courbevoie | 82,902 | 1.4 | B+ | D− | B | A− |
| Levallois-Perret | 68,092 | 1.7 | B+ | D− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #1 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 40 burglaries and 187 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #31 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine. 98% of 362 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Albert Camus in 2025, at 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 Bois-Colombes grades D− for cost of living.
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 9, 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.