Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,756 people, lies in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
The weak point is cost of living (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Monthyon 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 one thing Monthyon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Monthyon 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.
Monthyon 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 Monthyon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Séminaire (ancien), in Meaux, 3.9 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monthyon.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of residents, between Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). Monthyon has a median age of 38.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Monthyon | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Behind the median of €2,636/m²: 59 houses and apartments sold in Monthyon between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,622/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,360 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 14.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (31.2%) but above compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nicolas TronchonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 89%+1 pt |
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.
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. 126 deaths in Monthyon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 110: 14% above. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Monthyon can choose among 2 GPs.
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+.
The commonest graded crime in Monthyon was criminal damage (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 9.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.8 (2023–2025 average). In all, 19 offenses reached the police record here in 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 · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 49.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Monthyon. Best known first.
Nothing in Monthyon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Monthyon yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthyon | 1,756 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Chauconin-Neufmontiers | 3,784 | 2.4 | C+ | D | C | B+ |
| Saint-Soupplets | 3,542 | 2.4 | B− | D | B− | C |
| Crégy-lès-Meaux | 5,446 | 3 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Villenoy | 5,127 | 4.4 | C | D | B− | B |
| Meaux | 56,905 | 4.6 | D | D | C | C |
| Saint-Pathus | 6,479 | 5 | B− | C− | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Monthyon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,636/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Monthyon grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Monthyon is a commune of 1,756 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux. 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.