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Home to 6,072 people, this town lies in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Esbly grades low on several counts. The weak point is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 39% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #75 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. That leaves it better than 16% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Esbly does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Esbly 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Esbly, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1965.
Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Esbly. Best known first.
AttractionOrbitron3.8 km southwest, in Chessy
MuseumDisneyland Railroad4 km southwest, in Chessy
AttractionIndiana Jones et le Temple du Péril4.2 km southwest, in Chessy
AttractionSpace Mountain3.7 km southwest, in Chessy
AttractionAdventure Isle4.1 km southwest, in ChessyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Esbly.
Unemployment stood at 7.5%, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. For its 2,950 residents in work, Esbly has 1,050 jobs: 0.4 each. Public transport took 35.2% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
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.
A house in Esbly goes for €3,278/m², an apartment for €3,572/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €17.14/m² a month, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 64% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,278/m² | 142 |
| Apartments | €3,572/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. On results, collèges and lycées here come #44 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis BrailleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 87%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Esbly came to 186 in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 18.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 10.4 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes here 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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. Children under 15 make up 18%, lower than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (20%) yet higher than compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% 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%.
| Esbly | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 469 deaths in Esbly from 2016 to 2025; there were 540, 15% more. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Esbly come to 95 per 100 predicted. This Seine-et-Marne town has one family doctor. Also worth knowing: 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 9.1% of the total, higher than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (5.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Esbly has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Esbly.
Marcel Dantheny: Caroline Dantheny, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esbly | 6,072 | — | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Coupvray | 3,066 | 0.8 | C | D | C− | B |
| Montry | 3,945 | 1.2 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Saint-Germain-sur-Morin | 3,902 | 2.1 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| Magny-le-Hongre | 9,060 | 2.2 | B | D | B | A+ |
| Quincy-Voisins | 5,547 | 2.6 | B+ | D | A− | B+ |
| Chessy | 7,771 | 2.8 | C− | D− | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #87 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 50 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #44 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 Esbly grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Esbly is a commune of 6,072 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
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.
