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A town of 3,317 in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
Frépillon grades C− overall: better than 18% of compared French towns, and #42 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% 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 3 things Frépillon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Frépillon 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 Frépillon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, in Bessancourt, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Frépillon. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Méry-sur-Oise2 km northwest, in Méry-sur-Oise
ChâteauChâteau d'Auvers3.6 km northwest, in Auvers-sur-Oise
MuseumMusée Daubigny3.2 km northwest, in Auvers-sur-OiseChâteauChâteauChâteau de Stors4.4 km north, in L'Isle-AdamMuseumMuseumMaison-atelier de Daubigny3.5 km northwest, in Auvers-sur-OiseMuseumMuseumMusée de l'Absinthe3.5 km northwest, in Auvers-sur-OisePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Frépillon.
26.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) but above compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €31,220 a year per consumption unit. Frépillon has 1,550 jobs for 1,550 working residents, 1 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.
That is the middle of 99 sales of houses and apartments in Frépillon from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,266/m² for the median of compared towns in Val-d'Oise.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,533/m² | 81 |
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 lycées within 5 km of Frépillon, 85.8% passed the bac, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MaubuissonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 81%−8 pts |
| Lycée Louis JouvetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 325 | 90%−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
For Frépillon, that is above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 14% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Frépillon | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Frépillon records 100 deaths per 100 expected, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 183 residents of Frépillon died, against 183 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 0% more. 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 70 offenses in the graded categories in Frépillon in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence and 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, 7.2% 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 Frépillon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Frépillon.
Georges Paulmier: Agence Rol, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frépillon | 3,317 | — | C− | D | C | C− |
| Bessancourt | 8,869 | 0.9 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Méry-sur-Oise | 9,983 | 1.3 | C− | D | C+ | B− |
| Mériel | 5,347 | 1.7 | C | D | B | B− |
| Taverny | 27,593 | 2.2 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Auvers-sur-Oise | 6,863 | 2.4 | C | C− | C+ | B− |
| Beauchamp | 9,849 | 2.6 | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #37 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #53 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 90% of 325 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louis Jouvet 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €17.91/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Frépillon grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Frépillon is a commune of 3,317 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.
