Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 7,771 residents and lies in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Buying in is costly (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime is the sore point: an average of 12.9 recorded violent incidents and 25.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is where it shines — 4 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment. Add walkability to its strengths: 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 49% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at C−, #70 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. It comes out better than nearly a fifth of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Chessy 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 3 things Chessy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chessy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Rémy, in Montévrain, 1 mi away.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chessy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chessy.
Under-15s account for 22% of the population. 14% of residents are 15 to 24, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Among adults, 53% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Chessy | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 34% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 7.5% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 12% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €30,800 a year per consumption unit, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€28,310) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. No commute at all: 2.4% of working residents in Chessy at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 8.9%.
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.
Apartments in Chessy sell for €4,762/m², houses for €4,386/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €20.23/m² a month, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses are advertised at an estimated €17.58/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,386/m² | 74 |
| Apartments | €4,762/m² | 186 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Chessy has 16,500 jobs for 4,150 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. 2025 saw 276 offenses recorded in the town. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (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 armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.4% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Chessy, 93.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 81% passed the bac pro, of 140 candidates at 2 lycées. By results, schools here place #43 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le vieux chêneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 83%−11 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent de Serris Émilie du ChâteletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 397 | 94%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Auguste PerdonnetBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 117 | 84%+3 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.
In Seine-et-Marne, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 217 deaths in Chessy from 2016 to 2025; there were 190, 12% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Chessy can choose among 3 GPs.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Chessy. Best known first.
MuseumDisneyland Railroadin town
AttractionIndiana Jones et le Temple du Périlin town
AttractionOrbitronin town
AttractionSpace Mountainin town
AttractionAdventure Islein townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Chessy.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Chessy is a commune of 7,771 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Val d'Europe Agglomération. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chessy | 7,771 | — | C− | D− | D | B− |
| Montévrain | 15,687 | 0.6 | C+ | D− | B | C+ |
| Chanteloup-en-Brie | 4,130 | 1.5 | B− | D | B | B |
| Serris | 10,326 | 1.7 | C | D− | D− | A+ |
| Dampmart | 3,677 | 1.7 | B− | D | B | A− |
| Coupvray | 3,066 | 2.2 | C | D | C− | B |
| Magny-le-Hongre | 9,060 | 2.3 | B | D | B | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #101 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 92 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #43 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 94% of 397 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent de Serris Émilie du Châtelet in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. At the 12 collèges (Collège le vieux chêne, Collège Lucie Aubrac, Collège Madeleine Renaud, Collège Marcel Rivière, Collège Jacqueline de Romilly, Collège Claude Monet, Collège Louis Braille, Collège les 4 Arpents, Collège Saint-Laurent-La Paix Notre-Dame, Collège le Moulin à Vent, Collège Les Blés d'or and Collège Anne Frank), 87.9% passed the brevet, 4.3 points below the expected rate. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chessy grades D− for cost of living.
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.