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Some 1,259 people live in this town, in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns (D): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. At €3,330/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau. It is hard to get around without a car (C).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cély has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Cély does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cély 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.
Cély has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Cély counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1985.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cély.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Cély is Clinique Medico Chirurgicale les Fontaines, 7.9 mi away. 69 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 108: 36% below. In Seine-et-Marne, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Cély, close to Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 6.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Christine de PisanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 127 | 85%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The census found 8.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 6.2%, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Cély: 200, for 600 residents in work (0.4 each).
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.
41 sales of houses and apartments in Cély, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,330/m². Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,351/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Cély is Moulin de Choiseau.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Just over two in five adults hold a degree, above both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Children are 18% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Cély | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Cély was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Cély show 7 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.5 (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (84.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Cély. Best known first.
Cély has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin de Choiseau: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cély 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cély | 1,259 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Pringy | 3,864 | 4.5 | C | D | B+ | C+ |
| Boissise-le-Roi | 3,941 | 4.6 | B− | D | B | A− |
| Milly-la-Forêt Essonne | 4,562 | 5 | C+ | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Champcueil Essonne | 2,854 | 5.1 | — | C | — | A |
| Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry | 15,724 | 5.4 | C− | D | C+ | B |
| Dammarie-les-Lys | 23,559 | 6.2 | D− | D | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cély has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,330/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cély grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Cély is a commune of 1,259 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 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.