Marines grades D overall: better than 13% of compared French towns, and #52 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): bac results 13 points below the expected rate; brevet results 13 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,151/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Vexin Centre. Its strongest is walkability (A): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% 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 Marines 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Marines’ ages would predict, 118 per 100 expected, above Val-d'Oise’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Marines is above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 523 residents of Marines died, against 321 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 63% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+18%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw163
Adjusted118
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Marines · 0.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Prive Sainte Marie Osny
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Novo site Pontoise
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
In Marines, 20.7% of commuters go on foot, by bike or by public transport, against 38.0% in Val-d'Oise’s towns and 13.4% in compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €29,440 a year per consumption unit, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Marines has 1,800 jobs for 1,650 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
Public transport14%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
1,800
jobs based in Marines, 1.1 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A younger town: only 17% of residents are 65 or over
12% of residents are 15 to 24 and 17% 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%).
39.7median age
MarinesVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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
Safety
Marines has more crime per resident than 71% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 87 offenses in the graded categories in Marines in 2025. For sexual violence and burglary, 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, 5.1% of the index here.
7.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage40
Vehicle theft15
Theft from vehicles14
Other physical violence13
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Theft without violence9
Drug use5
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.
7.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
87
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Marines: 18% were built before 1919, more than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Marines comes above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (4.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Marines: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Marines is Église Saint-Rémi.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marines
Is Marines safe?
It grades C for safety, #44 of 73 in Val-d'Oise.
Are schools in Marines good?
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Marines expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,151/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marines grades C for cost of living.
About Marines
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Marines is a commune of 3,594 people in the Communauté de communes Vexin Centre. 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.
