A town with more to fix than most. Crime runs high: an average of 14.5 recorded violent incidents and 22.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it does best is walkability — 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 comes out at D−, behind almost every compared French town.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Melun 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.
Église Saint-Aspais: Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien prieuré Saint-Sauveur: Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien Hôtel de la Vicomté, actuellement musée: Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Abbaye de Saint-Père (ancienne): Photo: Maxime Folschette · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Melun.
Who lives here
A town of families: 23% of people in Melun are under 15, more than in both Seine-et-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
32.3median age
People aged 15 to 24 are 14% of the population. 11% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Melun is 32.3 years old.
MelunSeine-et-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Melun gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in both Seine-et-Marne’s towns and compared French towns: 49.3% of commuters
49%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment runs at 14.6%. The median disposable income was €21,310 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€28,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Melun: 26,400, for 19,450 residents in work (1.4 each).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving47%
Public transport40%
On foot8%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
26,400
jobs based in Melun, 1.4 per working resident
14.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Melun than in 93% of compared French towns
14.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Of the graded crimes in Melun, criminal damage came up most often (2025). All told, Melun had 1,505 recorded offenses in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage406
Family violence264
Other physical violence236
Theft from vehicles217
Burglary159
Sexual violence111
Vehicle theft93
Armed robbery19
Drug use1,144
Theft without violence645
Fraud300
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.
14.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,505
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living D
The median sale price of homes in Melun is €2,647/m²
€2,647/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Melun sell for €2,595/m², houses for €2,902/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €16.17/m² a month, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 16% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Melun€2,647/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-et-Marne median€3,093/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,902/m²
196
Apartments
€2,595/m²
1,023
€16.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.67 to €19.14/m² a month)
7.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Melun Val de Seine
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
83.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the 13 collèges within 5 km, 1.3 points below the expected rate
91%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Melun, 87.2% passed the bac, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #60 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Melun, 94 per 100, but more than in both Seine-et-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
31 GPs practise in Melun. In Seine-et-Marne, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 2,946 residents of Melun died, against 2,675 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
31
GPs in Melun · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Medico Chirurgicale les Fontaines
1.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupe Hostipalier Sud Ile de France site Melun Senart
85.4 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-et-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 6 of the 9, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Melun is Église Notre-Dame. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.6% of the total, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (5.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Oumar Solet: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Xavier Legrand: Vandamna, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Granddi N'Goyi: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bernard Talvard: Panini, Public domain · Philippe Rozier: Eponimm, CC BY 3.0 · Stéphane Rossetto: FGphotographic, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Melun
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Melun is a commune of 45,995 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Melun Val de Seine. 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
Population
45,995 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Melun Val de Seine
Département
Seine-et-Marne (77)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
3.1 sq mi (8 km²)
INSEE code
77288
Melun’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Melun
Is Melun safe?
It grades D for safety, #98 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 159 burglaries and 406 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Melun good?
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns and #60 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 90% of 234 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jacques Amyot in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Melun expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Melun grades D for cost of living.
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.
