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A town in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, home to 21,336 people.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Taken together, its subjects give Saint-Gratien a C− overall, better than 16% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #47 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Cost of living is its weak spot (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 53% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Saint-Gratien does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Gratien 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Gratien; none is classé, France’s top protection.
2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
André Kaminker, born in 1888, is the one person born in Saint-Gratien before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Gratien. Best known first.
Historic houseMaison impressionniste3 km southwest, in Argenteuil
MuseumMaison de Jean-Jacques Rousseau et Maison des Commères3.6 km northeast, in Montmorency
MuseumMusée Jean-Jacques-Rousseau3.5 km northeast, in MontmorencyArt galleryArt galleryL'Inventairein townGardenGardenJardin botanique de Sannois des Plantes Médicinales2.1 km west, in SannoisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Gratien.
Unemployment stood at 13.3%, higher than both Val-d'Oise’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 3,850 jobs are based in Saint-Gratien, for 9,050 working residents (0.4 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €26,600 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The split in Saint-Gratien: €4,824/m² for houses, €3,343/m² for apartments. At the median, a home went for €3,750/m², higher than both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€3,266/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses accounted for 29% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,824/m² | 165 |
| Apartments | €3,343/m² | 409 |
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.
Near Saint-Gratien, 88.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, between Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #22 of 76 in Val-d'Oise.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean ZayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 66%−9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Gustave Monod, Lycée des métiers de l'ingénierie industrielleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 538 | 90%−3 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
Children under 15 make up a fifth of residents. 18% of residents are 65 or over, higher than Val-d'Oise’s towns (15%) yet lower than compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Gratien | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,710 residents of Saint-Gratien died, against 1,787 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Its three care homes for older people (245 places) count their residents as Saint-Gratien’s; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. There are 11 general practitioners in the town. Average lifespans in Val-d'Oise: 85.9 years for women, 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Gratien, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
2025 saw 481 offenses recorded in Saint-Gratien. Violence against people averaged 7.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 15.6. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Gratien (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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Gratien has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château du Maréchal de Catinat: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
4 notable people were born in Saint-Gratien.
André Kaminker: Henri Manuel, Public domain · Maurice Copreaux: COPREAUX Michel, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gratien | 21,336 | — | C− | D | C+ | B |
| Enghien-les-Bains | 11,432 | 1 | C | D− | C− | A |
| Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 52,833 | 1.4 | D− | D | C− | C+ |
| Sannois | 26,924 | 1.5 | C− | D | C | B+ |
| Soisy-sous-Montmorency | 18,008 | 1.7 | C | D | C+ | B+ |
| Eaubonne | 26,211 | 1.7 | C+ | D− | B− | B |
| Deuil-la-Barre | 23,099 | 1.9 | C | D | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #24 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 42 burglaries and 194 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns and #22 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 90% of 538 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Gustave Monod, Lycée des métiers de l'ingénierie industrielle in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Gratien grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Saint-Gratien is a commune of 21,336 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.