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With 6,072 residents, it is a town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. Health is its strong suit (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools lag (D): bac results 13 points below the expected rate; brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Cost of living is weaker too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at B, better than 57% of compared French towns. That places it #15 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
The 2 things Bois-le-Roi does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bois-le-Roi 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Bois-le-Roi has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Part of the town is a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bois-le-Roi.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
448 deaths in Bois-le-Roi between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 568: 21% below. Life expectancy at birth in Seine-et-Marne is 85.4 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: there are 3 general practitioners here.
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.
Nearly nine in ten candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Bois-le-Roi, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 3.9 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #89 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège DenecourtNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 89%−7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Benjamin FranklinNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 108 | 63%−13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Bois-le-Roi goes for €4,075/m², an apartment for €3,878/m². The estimated advertised rent is €17.17/m² a month, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €16.09/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,075/m² | 182 |
| Apartments | €3,878/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 47.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (31.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate here is 6.3%. Per resident in work, Bois-le-Roi counts 0.5 jobs (1,400 jobs, 2,750 workers).
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.
Bois-le-Roi has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Among the graded crimes in Bois-le-Roi, the most frequent was burglary (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.4 cases of violence against people and 17 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In all, 151 offenses reached the police record here in 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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 4.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2% of the town, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Bois-le-Roi | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 12% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 63% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, heritage and gardens in and near Bois-le-Roi. Best known first.
Bois-le-Roi has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bois-le-Roi.
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-le-Roi | 6,072 | — | B | D | B | A |
| Chartrettes | 2,633 | 1.1 | — | C | — | A |
| La Rochette | 3,932 | 3.5 | C+ | D | B | B+ |
| Vaux-le-Pénil | 11,474 | 3.7 | B− | D | B | B+ |
| Héricy | 2,507 | 3.8 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Vulaines-sur-Seine | 2,730 | 3.9 | B | C | B+ | C+ |
| Dammarie-les-Lys | 23,559 | 4.2 | D− | D | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #46 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 59 burglaries and 53 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns and #89 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bois-le-Roi grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Bois-le-Roi is a commune of 6,072 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau. 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.