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A town of 14,359 in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
Persan grades D− overall: behind almost every compared French town. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,991/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Haut Val d'Oise. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 38% 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 Persan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Persan 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 lists no building in Persan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château féodal, in Beaumont-sur-Oise, 0.7 mi away.
2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Persan.
Persan sits above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. Those 65 and older account for 10% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Persan | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 10% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
That puts Persan below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 14.8%. Persan has 4,300 jobs for 5,950 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Persan is above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 699 residents of Persan died, against 589 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,991/m², comes from 289 sales of houses and apartments in Persan from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,038/m² | 112 |
| Apartments | €2,968/m² | 177 |
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.
In the comparison, Persan comes below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges BrassensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 85%+6 pts |
| Lycée Évariste GaloisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 268 | 88%−4 pts |
| Collège Suzanne LenglenBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 63 | 78%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 382 offenses in the graded categories in Persan in 2025. Violence against people ran at 13 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.8 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here.
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
Nothing in Persan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Persan.
Arthur Levasseur: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Maryse Sallois: Chris93, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persan | 14,359 | — | D− | D | C− | D− |
| Beaumont-sur-Oise | 10,232 | 1 | D− | D | C | C |
| Bernes-sur-Oise | 2,684 | 1.1 | — | D | — | C− |
| Chambly Oise | 9,959 | 1.7 | D | D | C− | C |
| Champagne-sur-Oise | 5,036 | 1.9 | D | D | B− | C+ |
| Bruyères-sur-Oise | 4,921 | 2.6 | D | D | B− | C |
| Presles | 4,017 | 2.8 | C+ | D | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #54 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 77 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #42 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 88% of 268 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Évariste Galois in 2025, 4 points below 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 €2,991/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,038/m² (112 sales), apartments €2,968/m² (177 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Persan grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Persan is a commune of 14,359 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Val d'Oise. 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.