Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 2,742 residents in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Cannes-Écluse’s best grade is for walkability (A−): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on schools as well — bac results 5.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.5 points above the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Cannes-Écluse has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Cannes-Écluse 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.
Cannes-Écluse has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cannes-Écluse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Cannes-Écluse. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cannes-Écluse.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 17.5% of commuters travelled at the census. 950 jobs are based in Cannes-Écluse, for 1,200 working residents (0.8 per worker). The median disposable income was €26,480 a year per consumption unit, lower than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€28,310) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,127/m², below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€3,093/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. 74 houses and apartments changed hands in Cannes-Écluse from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 85% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,119/m² | 63 |
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 316 deaths in Cannes-Écluse from 2016 to 2025; there were 372, 18% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Cannes-Écluse records 95 deaths per 100 expected, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88) alike. Average lifespans in Seine-et-Marne: 85.4 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 76% of 343 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. 85.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Cannes-Écluse, between Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For exam results, it comes #17 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre de MontereauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 127 | 82%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent André MalrauxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 280 | 93%−2 pts |
| Collège André MalrauxBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 108 | 90%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
12% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) yet higher than compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 24% of the population. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Cannes-Écluse | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Cannes-Écluse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cannes-Écluse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes-Écluse | 2,742 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Varennes-sur-Seine | 3,748 | 2.2 | D | C− | C− | C+ |
| Montereau-Fault-Yonne | 22,279 | 2.3 | D | C− | C− | B− |
| Saint-Germain-Laval | 2,888 | 2.8 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard Yonne | 3,455 | 4 | C− | C+ | B− | C |
| La Grande-Paroisse | 2,893 | 4.2 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine | 2,630 | 6.4 | — | C | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cannes-Écluse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #17 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 93% of 280 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent André Malraux in 2025, 2 points 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 Cannes-Écluse grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Cannes-Écluse is a commune of 2,742 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Montereau. 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.