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Home to 16,138 people, this town lies in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. With a C+ overall, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt is better than 44% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #10 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its best grade is for walkability (A+) — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 41% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It is strong on health as well (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: bac results 3.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.7 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Saint-Leu-la-Forêt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Leu-la-Forêt 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 Saint-Leu-la-Forêt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Boissy, in Taverny, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Leu-la-Forêt. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
The median disposable income was €32,220 a year per consumption unit, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970). 3,100 jobs are based in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, for 7,600 working residents (0.4 per worker). The jobless rate is 8.5%.
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.
At the median, a home went for €3,827/m², above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€3,266/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). In Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, houses go for €4,063/m² and apartments for €3,520/m². House rents are put at about €16.65/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,063/m² | 291 |
| Apartments | €3,520/m² | 248 |
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-Leu-la-Forêt, 88.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, between Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the 5 vocational lycées within 5 km, 75% of 565 candidates passed the bac pro. On results, collèges and lycées here come #59 of 76 in Val-d'Oise.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le Rosaire PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 99%+1 pt |
| Lycée Jacques PrévertNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 306 | 90%−6 pts |
| Lycée Louis ArmandBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 91 | 87%+7 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. 1,119 deaths in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,399: 20% below. The town has 9 family doctors.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
18% of residents are children under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, about level with Val-d'Oise’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Leu-la-Forêt | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, 288 offenses were recorded in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.5 violent offenses and 15.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent 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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
Claire Voisin: Voisinclaire, Public domain · Marcelle Derrien: Studio Harcourt, Public domain · Sylvie Oussenko: BOUTRY, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Luc Choquer: Zitoun06, 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-Leu-la-Forêt | 16,138 | — | C+ | D | B− | A |
| Saint-Prix | 7,612 | 0.9 | C | D− | B− | B |
| Le Plessis-Bouchard | 8,518 | 0.9 | B− | D | B | B+ |
| Taverny | 27,593 | 1.3 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Ermont | 29,489 | 1.8 | C− | D− | C+ | B |
| Montlignon | 3,038 | 1.8 | B | D | A | A− |
| Franconville | 37,754 | 1.8 | C− | D | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #17 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 83 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #59 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 90% of 306 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jacques Prévert in 2025, 6 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-Leu-la-Forêt grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt is a commune of 16,138 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Val Parisis. 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 November 4, 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.