Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,633 residents make their home in this town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Chartrettes’s best grade is for jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. People here tend to be in good health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is schools (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 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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. Chartrettes 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.
The 2 things Chartrettes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chartrettes 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.
Chartrettes has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chartrettes; none is classé, France’s top protection.
13% 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 Chartrettes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.3 mi away. The nearest collège is 0.8 mi away. At the collèges within 5 km of Chartrettes, 86.3% passed the brevet, about level with compared French towns (87.5%) and above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%).
| 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
319 deaths in Chartrettes between 2016 and 2025, close to the 320 that France’s rates at each age predict. Average lifespans in Seine-et-Marne: 85.4 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Chartrettes is Clinique Medico Chirurgicale les Fontaines, 4.5 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
34.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (31.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 6.3%.
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.27/m² a month, between Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €14.43/m² a month. Houses were 83% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,455/m² | 79 |
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.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chartrettes; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The under-15s are 17% of the population here. 9.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Chartrettes | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of the graded crimes in Chartrettes, burglary came up most often (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.5 cases of violence against people and 7.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 22 offenses recorded in the town.
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 44.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Chartrettes. Best known first.
Chartrettes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint Corneille-et-Saint-Cyprien: Photo: Kurillos77 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Chartrettes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chartrettes | 2,633 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Bois-le-Roi | 6,072 | 1.1 | B | D | B | A |
| Vaux-le-Pénil | 11,474 | 2.8 | B− | D | B | B+ |
| La Rochette | 3,932 | 2.8 | C+ | D | B | B+ |
| Dammarie-les-Lys | 23,559 | 3.8 | D− | D | C | C+ |
| Le Châtelet-en-Brie | 4,207 | 4 | B− | C | A | D |
| Héricy | 2,507 | 4.2 | — | C | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chartrettes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #107 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 Chartrettes grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Chartrettes is a commune of 2,633 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.