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This town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France has a population of 1,122.
Residents’ health trails most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C). Buying 70 m² at the median €2,059/m² takes 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Deux Morin.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Doue 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 Doue does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Doue 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.
Doue 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, Doue counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Auguste de Mornay, born in 1798, is the one person born in Doue before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Doue.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Seine-et-Marne, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 72 deaths in Doue between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 66: 10% above. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Doue is Centre hospitalier Rene Arbeltier de Coulommiers, 4.6 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. The median resident of Doue is 40.1 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Doue | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Doue: 50, for 550 residents in work (0.1 each). 6.7% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €29,230 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The median price, €2,059/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Doue from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €11.27/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,059/m² | 41 |
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.
Among the classé monuments in Doue is Église Saint-Martin.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Doue has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Rtevels · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Doue.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doue | 1,122 | — | — | C+ | — | D |
| Boissy-le-Châtel | 3,346 | 3.7 | C+ | C+ | A+ | C− |
| Jouarre | 4,221 | 4.1 | C | C+ | A− | D |
| Coulommiers | 16,374 | 5.5 | D− | C− | C− | C |
| La Ferté-sous-Jouarre | 10,254 | 5.7 | D− | C | C | D |
| Mouroux | 5,810 | 6.7 | C− | C− | B | C+ |
| La Ferté-Gaucher | 4,743 | 8.5 | D | B | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Doue has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,059/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Doue grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Doue is a commune of 1,122 people in the Communauté de communes des Deux Morin. 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.