Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,012 in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
Margency grades B overall: better than 63% of compared French towns, and #1 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.5 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 35% 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 2 things Margency does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Margency 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 Margency as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Chesnaye dit aussi de Meaux, in Eaubonne, 0.6 mi away.
2.6% 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 Margency. Best known first.
MuseumMaison de Jean-Jacques Rousseau et Maison des Commères2.9 km southeast, in Montmorency
MuseumMusée Jean-Jacques-Rousseau2.9 km southeast, in MontmorencyChâteauChâteauFort de Montmorency2.7 km east, in MontmorencyGardenGardenJardin botanique de Sannois des Plantes Médicinales3.8 km southwest, in SannoisMuseumMuseumMusée de la boxe4.1 km southwest, in SannoisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Margency.
Margency sits above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Margency has 850 jobs for 1,350 working residents, 0.6 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 puts Margency above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,949/m², comes from 76 sales of houses and apartments in Margency from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Margency sell for €4,018/m² and apartments for €3,663/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,018/m² | 46 |
| Apartments | €3,663/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Margency is below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 152 residents of Margency died, against 218 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer. 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Margency is 89.7%, above Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) but below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de Bury - Annexe du collège Le Rosaire de Saint-Leu-la-Forêt PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 197 | 98%±0 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de Bury PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 247 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Louise MichelBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 100 | 88%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 35 offenses in the graded categories in Margency in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 20.5% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
In the comparison, Margency comes above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (38%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 21% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Margency | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 52% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Margency is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Margency.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margency | 3,012 | — | B | D | B+ | A |
| Andilly | 2,742 | 0.6 | B− | D | B− | A |
| Montlignon | 3,038 | 0.6 | B | D | A | A− |
| Eaubonne | 26,211 | 0.8 | C+ | D− | B− | B |
| Soisy-sous-Montmorency | 18,008 | 0.9 | C | D | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Prix | 7,612 | 1.3 | C | D− | B− | B |
| Ermont | 29,489 | 1.6 | C− | D− | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #5 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns and #17 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. The lycée stands out: 100% of 247 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de Bury 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 €3,949/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Margency grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Margency is a commune of 3,012 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.