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With 52,535 residents, it is a town in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France. It skews young: 14% of residents are 15 to 24.
A town with more to fix than most. With a D overall, Sevran is better than 7% of compared French towns. It ranks #20 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. Where it falls short is jobs & income (D−) — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 14.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,745/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Métropole du Grand Paris. Its best grade is for walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 57% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Sevran does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sevran 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sevran as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Sulpice, in Aulnay-sous-Bois, 1.4 mi away.
1.4% 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 Sevran.
Median disposable income comes to €19,450 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 56.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (58.4%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 14.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 14% of the population. 13% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (13%) and below compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Sevran are older than 34.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Saint-Denis 51.1%, France 51.8%.
| Sevran | Seine-Saint-Denis median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 22% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 29% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 13% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 17% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Saint-Denis median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Sevran goes for €3,286/m², an apartment for €2,204/m². Only one of the 39 towns in Seine-Saint-Denis costs less to buy into than Sevran, whose median sale is €2,745/m². Behind the median of €2,745/m²: 764 houses and apartments sold here between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,286/m² | 393 |
| Apartments | €2,204/m² | 371 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 11.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 18.5. In 2025, 1,640 offenses were recorded in Sevran. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Sevran (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Sevran, 88.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (89.0%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #22 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul PainlevéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 82%+11 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Blaise CendrarsNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 305 | 86%±0 pts |
| Collège Louise MichelBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 114 | 80%+16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Seine-Saint-Denis is 85.7 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2,794 deaths in Sevran between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,779: 1% above. Its two care homes for older people (225 places) count their residents as Sevran’s; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. This Seine-Saint-Denis town has 33 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Sevran. Best known first.
MuseumConservatoire Citroën3.8 km northwest, in Aulnay-sous-BoisAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Livry2.3 km south, in Livry-GarganChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vaujours3.2 km east, in VaujoursChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Terrasse3.3 km southeast, in Clichy-sous-BoisAttractionAttractionCité Pierre Semard4 km west, in Le Blanc-MesnilPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Sevran is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Sevran.
Armand Dufrénoy: Alexandre Moatti, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Patrice Quarteron: B20180, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anne Sibran: Indif, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevran | 52,535 | — | D | C− | C− | C+ |
| Aulnay-sous-Bois | 87,599 | 1.3 | D | D | D | B− |
| Livry-Gargan | 47,228 | 1.5 | D | D | D | B |
| Villepinte | 41,470 | 1.5 | D− | D | C− | C− |
| Vaujours | 8,007 | 2 | D | D | D | B− |
| Les Pavillons-sous-Bois | 25,804 | 2.3 | D− | D | D | C+ |
| Tremblay-en-France | 38,348 | 2.4 | D | D | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #16 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 117 burglaries and 475 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #22 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. 86% of 305 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Blaise Cendrars in 2025, at 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 €2,745/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sevran grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Sevran is a commune of 52,535 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
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.