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Home to 41,791 people, this town lies in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
The data are hard on it. Jobs & income is its weak spot — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 17.0% unemployment. Garges-lès-Gonesse grades D− overall, better than 4% of compared French towns, and ranks #62 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. It also trails on cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest subject is walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 54% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 1.5 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2.8 points above the expected rate.
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 · 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 2 things Garges-lès-Gonesse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Garges-lès-Gonesse 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Garges-lès-Gonesse; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2022.
1.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Garges-lès-Gonesse. Best known first.
ChurchBasilique Saint-Denis5 km southwest, in Saint-Denis
MuseumMusée de l'Air et de l'Espace3.7 km southeast, in DugnyChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Arnouville1.7 km northeast, in ArnouvilleChâteauChâteauManoir de Miraville3.2 km northwest, in SarcellesFortFortFort de la Double-Couronne4.4 km southwest, in Saint-DenisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garges-lès-Gonesse.
15% of the population is aged 15 to 24, above Val-d'Oise’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 11% of residents. Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Garges-lès-Gonesse | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 38% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 17.0%, higher than both Val-d'Oise’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 47.7% of working residents in Garges-lès-Gonesse went to work by public transport.
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.
A house in Garges-lès-Gonesse goes for €3,265/m², an apartment for €2,232/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €18.65/m² a month, about level with Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 28% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,265/m² | 130 |
| Apartments | €2,232/m² | 341 |
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 Garges-lès-Gonesse, 83.8% passed the bac, below Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The bac pro: 75% of 1,452 candidates passed at the 13 vocational lycées within 5 km. School results put the town #27 of 76 in Val-d'Oise.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri MatisseNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 61%−7 pts |
| Lycée Simone de BeauvoirNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 359 | 86%+3 pts |
| Collège Henri BarbusseBest against expectations: 17 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 109 | 74%+17 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.
At birth, a girl in Val-d'Oise can expect 85.9 years and a boy 81.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. After the care-home adjustment, Garges-lès-Gonesse’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, above Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88) alike. 1,933 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,876: 3% above.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 1.3% of the total, below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (4.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
More of the graded crimes in Garges-lès-Gonesse were criminal damage than anything else (2025). In 2025, 929 offenses were recorded in the town. Graded property crimes ran at 13.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 10.1 (2023–2025 average).
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 (0.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Garges-lès-Gonesse has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Garges: Photo: Clicsouris · CC BY-SA 2.5
6 notable people were born in Garges-lès-Gonesse.
Mr Brainwash: Kim Leng Hills, CC BY 3.0 · Arnaud Mazzone: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garges-lès-Gonesse | 41,791 | — | D− | D | C+ | C |
| Sarcelles | 59,173 | 1.2 | D− | C− | D | C− |
| Arnouville | 15,023 | 1.4 | D− | D− | C− | C |
| Stains Seine-Saint-Denis | 41,388 | 1.4 | D− | D | D | D |
| Dugny Seine-Saint-Denis | 11,700 | 1.6 | D− | D | C | D |
| Gonesse | 27,707 | 2 | D− | D− | D | D |
| Villiers-le-Bel | 30,053 | 2.2 | D− | D | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #33 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 42 burglaries and 286 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 15% of compared French towns and #27 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. The lycée stands out: 86% of 359 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Simone de Beauvoir in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Garges-lès-Gonesse grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Garges-lès-Gonesse is a commune of 41,791 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France. 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.