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Population 11,222: a town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France. It skews young: 15% of residents are 15 to 24.
The picture is mixed. Cesson grades C+ overall, better than 42% of compared French towns, and ranks #37 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too — bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.2 points below the expected rate. Where it does best is walkability: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 30% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also does well on jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Cesson does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cesson 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 →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cesson as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Aspais, in Melun, 3.3 mi away.
2.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Cesson. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun4.5 km southeast, in Melun
MuseumÉcomusée - Ferme du Coulevrain1.6 km northwest, in Savigny-le-TempleChâteauChâteauChâteau de Nandy2.9 km northwest, in NandyAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye du Jard4.4 km east, in VoisenonChâteauChâteauHôtel de préfecture de Seine-et-Marne4.9 km southeast, in MelunChâteauChâteauChâteau de Croix-Fontaine4.7 km southwest, in Seine-PortPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cesson.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Cesson: €2,920/m² for houses, €3,462/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €17.13/m² a month, close to Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 80% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,920/m² | 253 |
| Apartments | €3,462/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 8.2%, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 30.3% of commuters got to work without a car. Median disposable income comes to €30,090 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over two in five adults hold a degree, higher than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 14% of residents. Children under 15 make up 22% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Cesson | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Cesson, 82.6% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). At the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km, 84% of 423 candidates passed the bac pro. Also worth knowing: on results, collèges and lycées here come #45 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean VilarNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 223 | 83%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Sonia DelaunayNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 217 | 95%−3 pts |
| Collège Jean de La FontaineBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 132 | 83%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 573 residents of Cesson died, against 695 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. 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. There are 10 general practitioners locally.
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.
Among the graded crimes in Cesson, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). 250 offenses were reported in Cesson during 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 15.8.
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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Cesson is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cesson 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 | 11,222 | — | C+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Vert-Saint-Denis | 9,291 | 0.9 | B− | D | C+ | A |
| Nandy | 6,350 | 2 | C− | D | B+ | B |
| Le Mée-sur-Seine | 19,527 | 2.3 | D | C− | C | B |
| Savigny-le-Temple | 31,148 | 2.4 | C− | D | B− | B |
| Melun | 45,995 | 3.2 | D− | D | D | C |
| Boissise-le-Roi | 3,941 | 3.4 | B− | D | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #60 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 40 burglaries and 67 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #45 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 95% of 217 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Sonia Delaunay in 2025, 3 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 Cesson grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Cesson is a commune of 11,222 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud Seine Essonne Sénart. 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.