Louvres grades D overall: better than 7% of compared French towns, and #57 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 36% 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.
Each subject compares Louvres 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louvres.
Who lives here
Louvres has fewer older residents than Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are 65 or over
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of the population. Children under 15 make up 23%, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 31% of adults.
35.8median age
LouvresVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Louvres works better than 97% of compared French towns
36.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,030 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800). The unemployment rate comes to 12.3%. Jobs based in Louvres number 3,400, against 5,600 residents in work (0.6 per worker).
36%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving60%
Public transport33%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
3,400
jobs based in Louvres, 0.6 per working resident
12.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
A typical home in Louvres sells for €3,214/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.50/m² a month, near Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Louvres sell for €3,332/m², houses for €2,991/m². Houses made up nearly half of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€3,214/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Louvres€3,214/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,991/m²
143
Apartments
€3,332/m²
148
€17.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.42 to €21.24/m² a month)
10
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
81.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the eight collèges within 5 km, 2.5 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Louvres, 84.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #7 of 76 in Val-d'Oise.
87%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Louvres than in 75% of compared French towns
Louvres’s tally for 2025: 371 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10.5 cases of violence against people and 17.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
10.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage88
Family violence79
Vehicle theft62
Other physical violence54
Theft from vehicles40
Sexual violence25
Burglary23
Drug use91
Fraud75
Theft without violence61
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.
10.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
371
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
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 (0.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Louvres has 3 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 2.3% of the total, below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (4.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Louvres is Église Saint-Justin et tour Saint-Rieul qui lui sert de clocher. On the Culture ministry’s list, Louvres counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Louvres sees more deaths than 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Louvres can choose among 7 GPs. Its two care homes for older people (124 places) count their residents as Louvres’; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. 720 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 650: 11% above. 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.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Louvres · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier General de Gonesse
4.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier General de Gonesse
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Porte du 13e siècle: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Église Saint-Justin et tour Saint-Rieul qui lui sert de clocher: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Louvres
Is Louvres safe?
It grades C for safety, #49 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 88 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Louvres good?
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #7 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 98% of 60 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Paul Ricoeur in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Louvres expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Louvres grades D− for cost of living.
About Louvres
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Louvres is a commune of 12,560 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
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.
