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14% of residents are 15 to 24. A town in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, home to 15,105 people.
Montmagny grades low on several counts. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 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 51% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a D overall and a rank of #50 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. On that grade it does better than 14% of compared French towns.
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.
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 Montmagny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montmagny 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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Montmagny has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
2.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Montmagny. Best known first.
ChurchBasilique Saint-Denis4 km south, in Saint-Denis
MuseumMusée d'art et d'histoire Paul Éluard4.3 km south, in Saint-Denis
MuseumMaison de Jean-Jacques Rousseau et Maison des Commères2.4 km northwest, in Montmorency
MuseumMusée Jean-Jacques-Rousseau2.4 km northwest, in MontmorencyChâteauChâteauFort de l'Est4.9 km southeast, in Saint-DenisChâteauChâteauFort de Montmorency3.6 km north, in MontmorencyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montmagny.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,890 a year per consumption unit, below Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 13.7% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 45.8% of working residents in Montmagny went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
13% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 22%, above Val-d'Oise’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by 34% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Montmagny | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Montmagny: €3,534/m² for houses, €2,744/m² for apartments. Half the homes sold went for more than €3,162/m², near Val-d'Oise’s towns (€3,266/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 328 homes in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,534/m² | 142 |
| Apartments | €2,744/m² | 186 |
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 Montmagny, 86.3% passed the bac, about level with Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #24 of 76 in Val-d'Oise on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice UtrilloNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 137 | 72%−11 pts |
| Lycée Camille Saint-SaënsNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 442 | 87%−5 pts |
| Collège Alfred SisleyBest against expectations: 22 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 80 | 79%+22 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.
In Val-d'Oise, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 760 deaths in Montmagny between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 790: 4% below. 8 GPs practise in the town.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 17.8. For 2025, the figures show 358 offenses in Montmagny. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Montmagny is Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse. The oldest protected building goes back to the 20th century. 2.6% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Val-d'Oise’s towns (4.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Montmagny has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Montmagny as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmagny | 15,105 | — | D | D | C | A− |
| Deuil-la-Barre | 23,099 | 0.8 | C | D | C | A |
| Villetaneuse Seine-Saint-Denis | 12,530 | 0.9 | D | D | D | B |
| Groslay | 8,453 | 1.2 | C− | D | C | B− |
| Enghien-les-Bains | 11,432 | 1.6 | C | D− | C− | A |
| Montmorency | 21,763 | 1.7 | C | D− | C+ | A− |
| Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 52,833 | 1.7 | D− | D | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #40 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 49 burglaries and 130 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns and #24 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 87% of 442 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Camille Saint-Saëns in 2025, 5 points below 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 Montmagny grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Montmagny is a commune of 15,105 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.