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2,507 people live in this town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Fewer journeys need a car: 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Pupils here do less well than most (D): bac results 6.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate. It also trails on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Héricy 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.
Each subject compares Héricy 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.
Héricy has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The one thing Héricy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Héricy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Héricy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Église Sainte-Geneviève: Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Héricy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 72% passed the bac pro, of 122 candidates. By results, schools here place #73 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. The nearest collège is 0.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Colonel Arnaud BeltrameNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 87%−7 pts |
| Lycée Uruguay FranceNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 93%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per resident in work, Héricy counts 0.3 jobs (300 jobs, 1,100 workers). Nearly a quarter of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 7.9%, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
91 sales of houses and apartments in Héricy, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,989/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 91 homes were sold here. Of the homes sold, 92% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,074/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 295 deaths in Héricy from 2016 to 2025; there were 356, 21% more. The nearest emergency department to Héricy is Centre hospitalier du Sud Seine et Marne site Fontainebleau, 4.1 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Héricy is Église Sainte-Geneviève. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population. The 65-and-over age group makes up 24% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Héricy | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Héricy. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Héricy yet.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Héricy is a commune of 2,507 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héricy | 2,507 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Vulaines-sur-Seine | 2,730 | 1 | B | C | B+ | C+ |
| Thomery | 3,384 | 2.9 | — | C− | — | A |
| Avon | 13,651 | 3 | B+ | C | B+ | A− |
| Champagne-sur-Seine | 6,497 | 3.6 | D | C+ | B− | D |
| Bois-le-Roi | 6,072 | 3.8 | B | D | B | A |
| Fontainebleau | 15,583 | 4 | B | D | C− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Héricy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns and #73 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 93% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Uruguay France 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,989/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Héricy grades C 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.
