Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,219 people call this town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France home. Only 9% of residents are 65 or over.
Messy’s strongest subject is jobs & income (B+): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too: bac results 3.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Health is weaker too (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Messy 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 3 things Messy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Messy 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.
Messy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Messy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Denis, in Nantouillet, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Messy.
Nearly one in ten residents are 65 or over, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Degrees are held by 41% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Messy | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 9.1% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.25/m² a month, close to Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 78% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. 37 houses and apartments changed hands in Messy from July 2023 to June 2026.
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 73% passed the bac pro, of 147 candidates. The brevet pass rate near Messy is 83.9%, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Also worth knowing: a collège lies 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège parc des TourellesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 87%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Honoré de BalzacNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 465 | 93%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Messy: 102 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 54 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 55, 2% more. 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.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B+.
At the census, 14.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (31.2%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 5.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Messy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Messy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messy | 1,219 | — | — | D | — | C− |
| Claye-Souilly | 13,353 | 2 | D | D− | D | C+ |
| Annet-sur-Marne | 3,408 | 3 | B | C− | B+ | A− |
| Mitry-Mory | 20,456 | 4.2 | D− | D− | D | C− |
| Villeparisis | 26,946 | 4.4 | D | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Mard | 3,832 | 5 | D− | D− | C− | C− |
| Thorigny-sur-Marne | 10,440 | 5.5 | C− | D | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Messy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 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 13% of compared French towns. 93% of 465 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Honoré de Balzac in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Messy grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Messy is a commune of 1,219 people in the Communauté de communes Plaines et Monts de France. 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.