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Population 9,858: a town in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
The data are hard on it. Schools lag: bac results 0.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.3 points below the expected rate. Ézanville’s overall C− puts it #48 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. On that grade it does better than 16% of compared French towns. It also trails on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its best grade is for walkability (A+) — 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 41% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Ézanville 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 1 historic monument in Ézanville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Ézanville. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau d'Écouen2.3 km southeast, in ÉcouenChâteauChâteauFort de Montmorency4.2 km southwest, in MontmorencyChâteauChâteauManoir de Miraville4.2 km south, in SarcellesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Belmont4.9 km southwest, in AndillyChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Chasse4.7 km west, in Saint-PrixChâteauChâteauPavillon Colombe3.7 km south, in Saint-Brice-sous-ForêtPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ézanville.
The median disposable income was €27,970 a year per consumption unit, near Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Ézanville counts 0.3 jobs (1,400 jobs, 4,300 workers). No commute at all: 2.4% of working residents here at the census.
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.
The bac pro: 79% of 476 candidates passed at the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km. 80.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Ézanville, lower than both Val-d'Oise’s towns (82.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s schools place #61 of 76 in Val-d'Oise on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Aimé CésaireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 79%−8 pts |
| Lycée George SandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 413 | 92%−4 pts |
| Lycée Jean-Jacques RousseauBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 114 | 89%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €18.22/m² a month, about level with Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses sell for €3,580/m² in Ézanville, apartments for €2,800/m². 303 houses and apartments changed hands here from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,580/m² | 140 |
| Apartments | €2,800/m² | 163 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, lower than Val-d'Oise’s towns (12%) yet higher than compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 21% of residents. Degrees are held by 36% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Ézanville | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
All told, Ézanville had 210 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.9 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.7% 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.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Ézanville counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second. 4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Ézanville can choose among 3 GPs. Its care home for older people (87 places) counts its residents as Ézanville’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 741 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 710, 4% fewer. Average lifespans in Val-d'Oise: 85.9 years for women, 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
Ézanville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Ézanville.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ézanville | 9,858 | — | C− | D | C+ | B |
| Écouen | 7,202 | 1.1 | C | D− | C | A− |
| Domont | 16,065 | 1.2 | C− | D | C | B− |
| Bouffémont | 6,593 | 2.2 | C | D | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt | 15,063 | 2.4 | C− | D | D | A |
| Villiers-le-Bel | 30,053 | 2.7 | D− | D | C− | C+ |
| Groslay | 8,453 | 3.2 | C− | D | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #34 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 51 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns and #61 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 92% of 413 candidates passed the bac at Lycée George Sand 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 Ézanville grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Ézanville is a commune of 9,858 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Plaine Vallée. 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.