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A town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, home to 1,630 people.
Jouy-le-Châtel’s strongest is walkability — just over three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,154/m² takes 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Provinois. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Jouy-le-Châtel 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.
Each subject compares Jouy-le-Châtel 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.
Jouy-le-Châtel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Jouy-le-Châtel does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Jouy-le-Châtel; none is classé, France’s top protection.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Jouy-le-Châtel has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Aubin: Photo: Avuxon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Jouy-le-Châtel.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, between Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). Jouy-le-Châtel has a median age of 37 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Jouy-le-Châtel | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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 105 deaths in Jouy-le-Châtel from 2016 to 2025; there were 103, 2% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Jouy-le-Châtel records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to Jouy-le-Châtel is Centre hospitalier Rene Arbeltier de Coulommiers, 11.4 mi away. 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,154/m²: 38 houses and apartments sold in Jouy-le-Châtel between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 89% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,138/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per resident in work, Jouy-le-Châtel counts 0.4 jobs (300 jobs, 800 workers). Unemployment stood at 8.5%, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.7% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); 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 Jouy-le-Châtel; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Jouy-le-Châtel as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Jouy-le-Châtel is a commune of 1,630 people in the Communauté de communes du Provinois. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouy-le-Châtel | 1,630 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Rozay-en-Brie | 2,860 | 7.6 | B+ | C | A− | B− |
| Nangis | 8,867 | 9 | D | C− | B− | C |
| Coulommiers | 16,374 | 11 | D− | C− | C− | C |
| Provins | 11,632 | 11 | D | C | D | C |
| Boissy-le-Châtel | 3,346 | 11 | C+ | C+ | A+ | C− |
| Faremoutiers | 3,057 | 11 | — | C | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Jouy-le-Châtel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 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 €2,154/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Jouy-le-Châtel 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.