Presles grades C+ overall: better than 38% of compared French towns, and #14 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 5.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,435/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Oise et des Trois Forêts. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment.
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 Presles 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
HousingCost of living D
Presles gets a D for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.56/m² a month, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,435/m², comes from 176 sales of houses and apartments in Presles from July 2023 to June 2026. In Presles, houses go for €3,418/m² and apartments for €3,727/m².
€3,435/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Presles€3,435/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,418/m²
139
Apartments
€3,727/m²
37
€17.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.90 to €20.70/m² a month)
7.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Oise et des Trois Forêts
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Presles is better off than Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €33,210 a year per consumption unit
Presles sits above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. At the census, 26.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
Public transport24%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
650
jobs based in Presles, 0.3 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€33,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 74% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Presles’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 68% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 411 residents of Presles died, against 401 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. Its care home for older people (82 places) counts its residents as Presles’; allowing for it, deaths were 18% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Presles · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Novo site Beaumont Ex Carnelle Porte de L Oise
2.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Novo site Beaumont Ex Carnelle Porte de L Oise
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Presles: 17% 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.
On this, Presles is above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (4.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Presles: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Presles is Allée mégalithique sépulcrale.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Presles has more crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 105 offenses in the graded categories in Presles in 2025. For other physical violence and sexual violence, 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, 6.7% of the index here.
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage38
Family violence22
Vehicle theft22
Burglary13
Theft from vehicles10
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Drug use13
Theft without violence12
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
105
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Dolmen de la Pierre-Plate situé dans la forêt de l'Isle-Adam: Photo: Thor19 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Germain: Photo: Pierre Poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · L’ancien manoir de Valpendant, dit « ferme de Valpendant »: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Allée mégalithique sépulcrale: Photo: Astérixobélix , Bicaisse · Public domain
Famous people from Presles
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Presles as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Presles
Is Presles safe?
It grades B− for safety, #20 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Presles good?
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns and #40 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.
Is Presles expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,435/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Presles grades D for cost of living.
About Presles
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Presles is a commune of 4,017 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Oise et des Trois Forêts. 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
Population
4,017 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Oise et des Trois Forêts
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.
