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With 9,291 residents, it is a town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France. Over-65s are only 14% of the population.
Vert-Saint-Denis’s grades pull in different directions. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking #30 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. On that grade it does better than 47% of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Vert-Saint-Denis 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.
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The one thing Vert-Saint-Denis does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vert-Saint-Denis, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1980.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Vert-Saint-Denis has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: User:Tej · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vert-Saint-Denis.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Vert-Saint-Denis sell for €3,381/m², houses for €2,979/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €16.83/m² a month, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market here: 218 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,979/m² | 187 |
| Apartments | €3,381/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
465 deaths in Vert-Saint-Denis between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 587: 21% below. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Vert-Saint-Denis’; allowing for it, deaths were 30% below expected. In Seine-et-Marne, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 10 general practitioners 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
At the census, nearly a quarter of commuters got to work without a car. Per resident in work, Vert-Saint-Denis counts 0.9 jobs (3,550 jobs, 4,050 workers). 8.7% 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
Degrees are held by 36% of adults. 14% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 are 13% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Vert-Saint-Denis | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #29 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean VilarNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 223 | 83%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Sonia DelaunayNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 217 | 95%−3 pts |
| Collège Jean de La FontaineBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 132 | 83%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Vert-Saint-Denis (2025). Over 2025, Vert-Saint-Denis logged 206 recorded offenses. Violence against people ran at 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.3 (2023–2025 average).
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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 3% of the total, lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (5.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Vert-Saint-Denis. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun3.5 km southeast, in Melun
MuseumHôtel de la Vicomté4.5 km southeast, in Melun
MuseumÉcomusée - Ferme du Coulevrain2.8 km west, in Savigny-le-TempleAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye du Jard3 km east, in VoisenonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Nandy4.1 km west, in NandyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vert-Saint-Denis yet.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Vert-Saint-Denis is a commune of 9,291 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud Seine Essonne Sénart. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vert-Saint-Denis | 9,291 | — | B− | D | C+ | A |
| Cesson | 11,222 | 0.9 | C+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Le Mée-sur-Seine | 19,527 | 1.9 | D | C− | C | B |
| Melun | 45,995 | 2.5 | D− | D | D | C |
| Nandy | 6,350 | 2.7 | C− | D | B+ | B |
| Rubelles | 3,537 | 2.8 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Savigny-le-Temple | 31,148 | 2.9 | C− | D | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #67 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #29 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 95% of 217 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Sonia Delaunay 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vert-Saint-Denis 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 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.