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Some 4,215 people live in this town, in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
With a C overall, Pomponne is better than a quarter of compared French towns and ranks #57 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on walkability (B+) — 34% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 36% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Pomponne 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Pomponne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pomponne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Furcy (ancienne) : partie subsistante, in Lagny-sur-Marne, 0.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Pomponne 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 Pomponne.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,839/m², comes from 99 sales of houses and apartments in Pomponne from July 2023 to June 2026. Apartments in Pomponne sell for €4,048/m², houses for €3,667/m². Among the homes sold, 48% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,667/m² | 48 |
| Apartments | €4,048/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (15%) but below compared French towns (22%). Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The median resident of Pomponne is 39 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Pomponne | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
500 jobs are based in Pomponne, for 1,950 working residents (0.3 per worker). Unemployment stood at 11.7%, above both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried nearly a third of working residents in Pomponne to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 248 deaths in Pomponne from 2016 to 2025; there were 202, 19% fewer. One GP practises locally.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Pomponne, 94.5% passed the bac, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 88% passed the bac pro, of 195 candidates at 2 lycées. On school results, the town ranks #21 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le Moulin à VentNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 173 | 82%−7 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Laurent La Paix Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 304 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Auguste PerdonnetBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 117 | 84%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 87 offenses in Pomponne. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 16.9. Also worth knowing: in 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Pomponne. Best known first.
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One notable person was born in Pomponne.
Claude Jeantet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Pomponne is a commune of 4,215 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Marne et Gondoire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomponne | 4,215 | — | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Thorigny-sur-Marne | 10,440 | 1 | C− | D | C+ | B |
| Lagny-sur-Marne | 21,461 | 1.1 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes | 6,831 | 2.1 | D | D | D | C− |
| Dampmart | 3,677 | 2.2 | B− | D | B | A− |
| Vaires-sur-Marne | 13,931 | 2.6 | C+ | D− | B | A |
| Brou-sur-Chantereine | 5,196 | 2.9 | D− | D | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #63 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #21 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 304 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Laurent La Paix Notre-Dame in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. At the nine collèges (Collège le Moulin à Vent, Collège Saint-Laurent-La Paix Notre-Dame, Collège les 4 Arpents, Collège Marcel Rivière, Collège René Goscinny, Collège Léonard de Vinci, Collège Jean Jaurès, Collège Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Collège privé Maurice Rondeau), 87.6% passed the brevet, 4.1 points below the expected rate. 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 €3,839/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pomponne grades D 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.
