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A town of 1,373 in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Where it does best is walkability (B): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear (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 weaker too (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 15- to 24-year-olds are 14% of the population.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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). Penchard 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 Penchard 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.
Penchard has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Penchard does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Penchard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cité épiscopale, in Meaux, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Penchard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Penchard.
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 13% of residents. Residents of Penchard have a median age of 36.1.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Penchard | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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.
The median price, €2,630/m², comes from 30 sales of houses and apartments in Penchard from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. A house rents for an estimated €11.70/m² a month.
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. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Penchard records 103 deaths per 100 expected. 76 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 74: 3% above.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Penchard is 93.3%, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%). The nearest collège is 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège George SandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 165 | 91%±0 pts |
| Lycée général privé Bossuet PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 370 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée technologique Jean Rose - secteur tertiaire, sanitaire et social PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 85 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Penchard has 100 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 11.2% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 17.5% of working residents in Penchard went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Penchard. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Bossuet3.1 km southeast, in Meaux
MuseumMusée de la Grande Guerre du pays de Meaux3.5 km southeast, in MeauxAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Faron de Meaux2.9 km southeast, in MeauxAttractionAttractionThéâtre antique de Meaux2.5 km southeast, in MeauxChâteauChâteauChâteau de Monthyon3.5 km northwest, in MonthyonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Penchard yet.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Penchard is a commune of 1,373 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penchard | 1,373 | — | — | C− | — | C− |
| Crégy-lès-Meaux | 5,446 | 0.9 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Chauconin-Neufmontiers | 3,784 | 1.2 | C+ | D | C | B+ |
| Villenoy | 5,127 | 2.6 | C | D | B− | B |
| Meaux | 56,905 | 2.6 | D | D | C | C |
| Mareuil-lès-Meaux | 3,345 | 4 | B | D | B− | A |
| Nanteuil-lès-Meaux | 7,308 | 4 | C | D | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Penchard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 370 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Bossuet in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,630/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Penchard 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.