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This town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France has a population of 1,007.
Valence-en-Brie is easy to get around without a car (A): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side (C): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for cost of living and B for health. Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 14% of residents.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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). Valence-en-Brie 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 2 things Valence-en-Brie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Valence-en-Brie 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.
Valence-en-Brie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Valence-en-Brie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Groupe de quatre pierres levées, in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, 4.1 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valence-en-Brie.
Graduates make up 25% of adults. 10% of residents are 65 or over, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 14% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Valence-en-Brie | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 10% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 7.8%. At the census, 16.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, between Seine-et-Marne’s towns (31.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,930 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Women in Seine-et-Marne live to 85.4 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 51 deaths in Valence-en-Brie between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 60: 15% below. The town has 7 family doctors.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 92% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 26 homes in Valence-en-Brie.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Valence-en-Brie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Valence-en-Brie.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valence-en-Brie | 1,007 | — | — | B | — | B |
| La Grande-Paroisse | 2,893 | 4.1 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine | 2,630 | 4.1 | — | C | — | D |
| Montereau-Fault-Yonne | 22,279 | 4.7 | D | C− | C− | B− |
| Champagne-sur-Seine | 6,497 | 5.2 | D | C+ | B− | D |
| Saint-Germain-Laval | 2,888 | 5.2 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Mammès | 3,162 | 5.3 | B | C | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Valence-en-Brie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.5 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Valence-en-Brie is a commune of 1,007 people in the Communauté de communes Brie des Rivières et Châteaux. 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) · 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 9, 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.