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18,761 people call this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany home. 15- to 24-year-olds are 16% of the population.
Cesson-Sévigné’s overall grade is B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. It ranks #52 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Where it does best is jobs & income: 3.3 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. What holds it back is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime runs high (C): an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 23 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: employment, 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Cesson-Sévigné does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cesson-Sévigné 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Cesson-Sévigné; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1970.
1.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, gardens and museums in and near Cesson-Sévigné. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Transmissions – espace Ferriéin town
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes5 km west, in Rennes
ChâteauChâteau des Onglées4.2 km east, in AcignéChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cucéin townGardenGardenPlages de Baudin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vauxin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cesson-Sévigné.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Ille-et-Vilaine is 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 1,300 deaths in Cesson-Sévigné between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,655: 21% below. 27 GPs practise in the town.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.40/m² a month, higher than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.62/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 47% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,807/m² | 285 |
| Apartments | €3,795/m² | 316 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €32,540 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment is 9.0%. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Cesson-Sévigné didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 496 offenses recorded in Cesson-Sévigné. With 27,900 jobs for 8,450 working residents, Cesson-Sévigné draws people in from neighbouring communes. More of the graded crimes in the town were burglary 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Cesson-Sévigné is 96.3%, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (97.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #58 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BourgchevreuilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée SévignéNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 363 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée de La Salle PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 130 | 98%+5 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 oldest protected building goes back to the 18th century. 1.9% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The under-15s are 14% of the population here. Degrees are held by 57% of adults, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Typical age in Cesson-Sévigné: 39.8, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Cesson-Sévigné | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 57% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Cesson-Sévigné has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de la Salette-de-Cucé: Photo: EdouardHue · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cesson-Sévigné 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesson-Sévigné | 18,761 | — | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Chantepie | 10,670 | 2.2 | C+ | C− | C | C |
| Thorigné-Fouillard | 8,667 | 2.9 | A | C− | B+ | A |
| Rennes | 230,890 | 3.1 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Acigné | 6,874 | 3.9 | A+ | C− | A | A |
| Noyal-sur-Vilaine | 6,269 | 4 | A+ | C+ | B+ | A |
| Saint-Grégoire | 9,957 | 4.1 | A− | C− | C+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #67 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 167 burglaries and 143 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #58 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. 99% of 363 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Sévigné 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 Cesson-Sévigné grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Cesson-Sévigné is a commune of 18,761 people in the Rennes Métropole. 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 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.