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2,073 people call this town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France home.
The local economy does well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment. Fewer journeys need a car: nearly three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest is schools (D): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €3,250/m²: 70 m² comes to 7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Perthes 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 Perthes 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.
Perthes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Perthes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Perthes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais: Photo: Poudou99 · CC BY 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Perthes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Perthes, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Christine de PisanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 127 | 85%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.7% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.1% of working residents in Perthes at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
53 sales of houses and apartments in Perthes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,250/m². Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,258/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Perthes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. 17% are under 15, lower than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (20%) and near compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Perthes | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 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.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 145 residents of Perthes died, against 166 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Perthes is Clinique Medico Chirurgicale les Fontaines, 6.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Perthes can choose among 3 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Heritage and museums in and near Perthes. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Perthes yet.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Perthes is a commune of 2,073 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perthes | 2,073 | — | — | C | — | B− |
| Boissise-le-Roi | 3,941 | 3.2 | B− | D | B | A− |
| Pringy | 3,864 | 3.2 | C | D | B+ | C+ |
| Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry | 15,724 | 4.2 | C− | D | C+ | B |
| Dammarie-les-Lys | 23,559 | 4.8 | D− | D | C | C+ |
| Champcueil Essonne | 2,854 | 5 | — | C | — | A |
| Le Mée-sur-Seine | 19,527 | 5.9 | D | C− | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Perthes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 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 12% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,250/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Perthes 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.