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A town of 5,175 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France.
More weak spots than strong ones. Overall, Coubron earns a C−, better than 16% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #6 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B for jobs & income.
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).
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 Coubron 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 Coubron does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Coubron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye royale, in Chelles, 2.6 mi away.
2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Coubron 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 Coubron.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Coubron sell for €2,903/m², houses for €3,125/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €18.76/m² a month, near Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (€19.44/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 70% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,125/m² | 113 |
| Apartments | €2,903/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 8.4%, below Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €30,060 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.1% of working residents in Coubron didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #37 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. At the lycées within 5 km of Coubron, 88.8% passed the bac, about level with Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (89.0%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pablo PicassoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 67%−7 pts |
| Lycée général privé Fénelon PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 175 | 96%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Blaise CendrarsBest against expectations: 17 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 66 | 85%+17 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.7 cases of violence against people and 20 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Coubron logged 104 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage 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 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 (7.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (13%) and close to compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. Among adults, 34% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Saint-Denis 51.1%, France 51.8%.
| Coubron | Seine-Saint-Denis median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 22% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 29% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 13% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 17% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Saint-Denis median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 389 deaths in Coubron from 2016 to 2025; there were 428, 10% more. Its care home for older people (90 places) counts its residents as Coubron’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. 5 GPs practise here. Also worth knowing: in Seine-Saint-Denis, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Coubron. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des transports urbains, interurbains et ruraux4.5 km southeast, in ChellesGardenGardenParc arboretum de Montfermeil1.9 km south, in MontfermeilFortFortFort de Vaujours2.1 km northeast, in CourtryAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Livry3 km west, in Livry-GarganChâteauChâteauChâteau des Cèdres1.8 km south, in MontfermeilPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Coubron yet.
Commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Coubron is a commune of 5,175 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coubron | 5,175 | — | C− | D | C | B− |
| Courtry Seine-et-Marne | 7,330 | 1 | B− | D | B+ | B+ |
| Montfermeil | 28,703 | 1.2 | D− | D | C | C |
| Vaujours | 8,007 | 1.5 | D | D | D | B− |
| Clichy-sous-Bois | 29,354 | 1.5 | D | C | C | C− |
| Livry-Gargan | 47,228 | 2 | D | D | D | B |
| Chelles Seine-et-Marne | 54,620 | 2.3 | C− | D | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #10 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #37 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. 96% of 175 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Fénelon in 2025, at 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 Coubron 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.