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18,436 residents make their home in this town in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
A town of contrasts. Its weakest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 40% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #34 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. On that grade it does better than 22% of compared French towns. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 3.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.5 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Éragny-sur-Oise does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Éragny-sur-Oise 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Éragny-sur-Oise as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Maclou, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 1.9 mi away.
2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Éragny-sur-Oise. Best known first.
Art galleryAbbaye de Maubuisson3.2 km north, in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Histoire Pissarro-Pontoise3.2 km north, in Pontoise
AbbeyCarmel de Pontoise3.3 km north, in Pontoise
MuseumMusée de la batellerie et des voies navigables de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine3.1 km south, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
MuseumMusée Tavet-Delacour3.5 km north, in Pontoise
MuseumChâteau du Prieuré3.1 km south, in Conflans-Sainte-HonorinePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Éragny-sur-Oise.
Of those in the labour force, 11.6% are unemployed. The median disposable income was €27,610 a year per consumption unit, between Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Éragny-sur-Oise number 6,950, against 8,250 residents in work (0.8 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Éragny-sur-Oise sell for €3,380/m² and apartments for €3,000/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €18.62/m² a month, near Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: the town recorded 472 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,380/m² | 227 |
| Apartments | €3,000/m² | 245 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 7 vocational lycées within 5 km, 73% of 730 candidates passed the bac pro. The brevet pass rate near Éragny-sur-Oise is 82.3%, near Val-d'Oise’s towns (82.7%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). School results put the town #53 of 76 in Val-d'Oise.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pablo PicassoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 69%−14 pts |
| Lycée Alfred KastlerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 306 | 88%−4 pts |
| Collège Le Petit BoisBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 87%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
38% of adults hold a degree, about level with Val-d'Oise’s towns (38%) and above compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 14% of residents. Half of Éragny-sur-Oise is older than 35.9, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Éragny-sur-Oise | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Val-d'Oise is 85.9 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,007 deaths in Éragny-sur-Oise from 2016 to 2025; there were 975, 3% fewer. There are 6 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.8 violent offenses and 18.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The 2025 count: 404 offenses in Éragny-sur-Oise. Of the graded crimes locally, 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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Éragny-sur-Oise is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Éragny-sur-Oise yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éragny-sur-Oise | 18,436 | — | C− | D | C | B+ |
| Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Yvelines | 36,958 | 1.4 | C− | D− | C | B− |
| Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône | 25,578 | 1.7 | D− | D | C | C− |
| Pontoise | 31,970 | 2.2 | D | D | C | C+ |
| Maurecourt Yvelines | 4,454 | 2.3 | B− | D− | A | A− |
| Pierrelaye | 10,130 | 2.5 | D− | D | D | C |
| Herblay-sur-Seine | 31,779 | 2.8 | C− | D | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #40 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 45 burglaries and 119 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #53 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 88% of 306 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Alfred Kastler in 2025, 4 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 Éragny-sur-Oise grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Éragny-sur-Oise is a commune of 18,436 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise. 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 October 30, 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.