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A town of 37,754 in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
Franconville grades C− overall: better than 22% of compared French towns, and #36 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 3.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,182/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Val Parisis. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 45% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Franconville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Franconville 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 Franconville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, 1.4 mi away.
1.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Franconville.
45.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Franconville has 6,950 jobs for 17,300 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
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 pass rate near Franconville is 87.0%, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 99%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 81 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Claude MonetBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 115 | 74%+16 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 €18.41/m² a month, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,182/m², comes from 1,257 sales of houses and apartments in Franconville from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Franconville sell for €4,050/m² and apartments for €2,945/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,050/m² | 259 |
| Apartments | €2,945/m² | 998 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 15% are 65 or over, against 12% and 15% in the median compared commune of Val-d'Oise. 38% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Val-d'Oise 38%, France 30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Franconville | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,489 residents of Franconville died, against 2,587 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Its three care homes for older people (333 places) count their residents as Franconville’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 744 offenses in the graded categories in Franconville in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.2% of the index here.
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
Nothing in Franconville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Franconville.
Maurice Dupuis: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Omar Benali: This picture belongs to Xavier Caré ., CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franconville | 37,754 | — | C− | D | B− | B |
| Le Plessis-Bouchard | 8,518 | 0.9 | B− | D | B | B+ |
| Ermont | 29,489 | 1.2 | C− | D− | C+ | B |
| Montigny-lès-Cormeilles | 22,457 | 1.5 | D | D | C | B− |
| Sannois | 26,924 | 1.6 | C− | D | C | B+ |
| Saint-Leu-la-Forêt | 16,138 | 1.8 | C+ | D | B− | A |
| Saint-Prix | 7,612 | 2 | C | D− | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #20 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 58 burglaries and 265 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns and #38 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. The lycée stands out: 100% of 81 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, a point above 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 €3,182/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Franconville grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Franconville is a commune of 37,754 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Val Parisis. 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.