More weak spots than strong ones. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 18.8 recorded violent incidents and 18.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Provins’s overall D puts it #93 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. Nationally, it does better than 8% of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,056/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Provinois.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Provins 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Provins.
History
Provins: 55 historic monuments, more per resident than almost any compared French town
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
14% of homes were built before 1919. Since 2017, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Relative to its size, Provins keeps 47 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments here is Ancienne abbaye ou prieuré Saint-Ayoul.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Provins are out of work than in Seine-et-Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.3%
The median disposable income was €21,450 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€28,310) and compared French towns (€25,970).
40%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving56%
Public transport21%
On foot17%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
7,650
jobs based in Provins, 1.8 per working resident
17.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Provins than in 93% of compared French towns
All told, Provins had 442 recorded offenses in 2025. The town has 7,650 jobs for 4,250 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
18.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage176
Family violence88
Other physical violence84
Sexual violence52
Theft from vehicles20
Burglary13
Vehicle theft9
Drug use177
Theft without violence100
Fraud77
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.
18.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
442
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Provins sees more deaths than 73% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,287 deaths in Provins from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,602, 24% more. Adjusted mortality locally: 97 deaths for every 100 expected. At birth, a girl in Seine-et-Marne can expect 85.4 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 9 family doctors.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Provins · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Leon Binet de Provins
0.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Leon Binet de Provins
85.4 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-et-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Provins costs an estimated advertised €12.81/m² a month, against €16.75/m² in Seine-et-Marne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,056/m², comes from 363 sales of houses and apartments in Provins from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 38% were houses. House rents are put at about €12.05/m² a month.
€2,056/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Provins€2,056/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-et-Marne median€3,093/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,056/m²
138
Apartments
€2,056/m²
225
€12.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.60 to €15.47/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.05/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Provinois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 0.9 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Provins, 90.7% passed the bac, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #12 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Provins than in Seine-et-Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: 25% of adults
Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of residents, near Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%.
41.9median age
ProvinsSeine-et-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Ancienne abbaye ou prieuré Saint-Ayoul: Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grange aux dîmes: Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 4.0 · Église Saint-Quiriace: Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôpital du Saint-Esprit (ancien): Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 4.0
Abdelaziz Barrada: mustapha ennaimi from casablanca, maroc, CC BY 2.0 · Jules-César Savigny: Dutertre, Public domain · David Moncoutié: YellowMonkey/Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · André François-Poncet: Georges Devred, Public domain · Dominique A: Gérald Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toussaint Rose: François de Troy, Public domain
Provins’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Provins
Is Provins safe?
It grades D for safety, #98 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 176 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Provins good?
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns and #12 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 95% of 211 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Thibaut de Champagne in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Provins expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,056/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €2,056/m² (138 sales), apartments €2,056/m² (225 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Provins grades C for cost of living.
About Provins
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Provins is a commune of 11,632 people in the Communauté de communes du Provinois. 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
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.
