Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 5,988 people live in this town, in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: bac results 0.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.3 points below the expected rate. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 49% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at D, #37 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. Nationally, it does better than just over a tenth of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
Each subject compares Ablon-sur-Seine 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Ablon-sur-Seine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ablon-sur-Seine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit La Pierreffite, in Villeneuve-le-Roi, 1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Ablon-sur-Seine is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ablon-sur-Seine.
750 jobs are based in Ablon-sur-Seine, for 2,850 working residents (0.3 per worker). Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below both Val-de-Marne’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 42.1% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 13%. 13% of residents are 65 or over. The median resident of Ablon-sur-Seine is 36.2 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Ablon-sur-Seine | Val-de-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 43% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-de-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €2,916/m², below Val-de-Marne’s towns (€4,010/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). No town in Val-de-Marne costs less to buy into than Ablon-sur-Seine, at €2,916/m², the lowest of 47. Houses sell for €3,978/m² here, apartments for €2,632/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,978/m² | 53 |
| Apartments | €2,632/m² | 111 |
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.
Nearly nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Ablon-sur-Seine, lower than both Val-de-Marne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #39 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. At the eight general lycées, 91% of 2,828 candidates passed the bac, 1.8 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé du Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 96 | 80%−10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent MarianneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 339 | 91%−2 pts |
| Lycée Clément AderBest against expectations: 20 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 70 | 94%+20 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8.3 violent offenses and 17.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. For 2025, the figures show 136 offenses in Ablon-sur-Seine. Among the graded crimes here, 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 · 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, 4.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Val-de-Marne live to 86.7 on average and men to 82.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 496 deaths in Ablon-sur-Seine between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 420: 18% above. 3 GPs practise here.
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.
Other places to visit, heritage and gardens in and near Ablon-sur-Seine. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Delta3.7 km west, in Athis-MonsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Choisy-le-Roi4.4 km north, in Choisy-le-RoiCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Louis-et-Saint-Nicolas de Choisy-le-Roi4.7 km north, in Choisy-le-RoiChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villiers4.8 km south, in DraveilFortFortFort de Villeneuve2.6 km east, in Villeneuve-Saint-GeorgesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Ablon-sur-Seine.
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Ablon-sur-Seine is a commune of 5,988 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ablon-sur-Seine | 5,988 | — | D | D | C | C+ |
| Villeneuve-le-Roi | 21,000 | 0.7 | D | D | C | B− |
| Vigneux-sur-Seine Essonne | 31,466 | 1.6 | D− | D | C | C+ |
| Orly | 24,658 | 1.7 | D− | D | D− | C− |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Georges | 36,221 | 1.8 | D− | D | C− | B− |
| Crosne Essonne | 9,610 | 2 | C+ | D | B− | A− |
| Athis-Mons Essonne | 36,613 | 2.1 | D | D | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #25 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #39 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. 91% of 339 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marianne in 2025, 2 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 Ablon-sur-Seine grades D for cost of living.
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 9, 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.