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2,384 people live in this town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on walkability: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 28% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest subject is schools — bac results 4.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.5 points below the expected rate. Cost of living is weaker too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Samoreau 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 Samoreau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Samoreau 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.
Samoreau has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Samoreau has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Samoreau. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Fontainebleau4.7 km southwest, in Fontainebleau
MuseumMusée de l'atelier Rosa Bonheur3.7 km southeast, in ThomeryAttractionAttractionDassault Miragein townAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré Saint-Nicolas des Basses-Loges1.4 km west, in AvonGardenGardenChemin des Longs Sillons3 km southeast, in ThomeryPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Samoreau.
800 jobs are based in Samoreau, for 1,050 working residents (0.8 per worker). At the census, 24.0% of working residents in Samoreau went to work by public transport. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 148 residents of Samoreau died, against 201 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. Average lifespans in Seine-et-Marne: 85.4 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. One GP practises here.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 79% of 401 candidates passed the bac pro. For collège, the closest is 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Colonel Arnaud BeltrameNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 87%−7 pts |
| Lycée Uruguay FranceNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 93%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Blanche de Castille PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,912/m²: 67 houses and apartments sold in Samoreau between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,908/m² | 62 |
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.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, higher than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (5.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. 22% of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Samoreau | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie figures for Samoreau show 19 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.2. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes here, burglary came up most often (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (28.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The list names few of Samoreau’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ferme du Bas-Samoreau: Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Samoreau.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoreau | 2,384 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Vulaines-sur-Seine | 2,730 | 0.8 | B | C | B+ | C+ |
| Avon | 13,651 | 1.4 | B+ | C | B+ | A− |
| Héricy | 2,507 | 1.7 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Thomery | 3,384 | 1.8 | — | C− | — | A |
| Fontainebleau | 15,583 | 2.6 | B | D | C− | A+ |
| Champagne-sur-Seine | 6,497 | 2.8 | D | C+ | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Samoreau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. 93% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Uruguay France in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,912/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Samoreau grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Samoreau is a commune of 2,384 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
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.