The picture is mixed. Its weakest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. With a C overall, Fresnes is better than just over a third of compared French towns. It ranks #21 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 50% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Fresnes 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fresnes.
Who lives here
Few people in Fresnes are 65 or over: 12%, below Val-de-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 14% of residents, higher than both Val-de-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 20%. Among adults, 40% have a degree.
34.6median age
FresnesVal-de-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-de-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
49.7% of commuters in Fresnes walk, cycle or ride, against 55.6% in Val-de-Marne’s towns and 13.4% in compared French towns
Fresnes has 7,800 jobs for 12,600 working residents, 0.6 per worker. Unemployment stood at 9.7%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Val-de-Marne’s towns (10.7%). At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Fresnes didn’t travel to work at all.
50%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving44%
Public transport38%
On foot9%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
7,800
jobs based in Fresnes, 0.6 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Fresnes sell for €3,283/m² at the median, against €4,010/m² in Val-de-Marne’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €19.76/m² a month, close to Val-de-Marne’s towns (€20.46/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Fresnes sell for €3,176/m², houses for €4,968/m². Houses accounted for 13% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€3,283/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fresnes€3,283/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-de-Marne median€4,010/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,968/m²
95
Apartments
€3,176/m²
646
€19.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€16.76 to €23.30/m² a month)
8.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€19.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole du Grand Paris
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Allowing for age and care homes, Fresnes sees fewer deaths than Val-de-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 76 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Fresnes can choose among 9 GPs. In Val-de-Marne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.7 years for women and 82.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,803 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,476, 18% fewer.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Fresnes · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive D Antony
1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive D Antony
86.7 · 82.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-de-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
85.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the 35 collèges within 5 km, 3.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #24 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. At the lycées within 5 km of Fresnes, 92.4% passed the bac, in line with Val-de-Marne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Fresnes than in 65% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Fresnes was criminal damage (2025). All told, Fresnes had 789 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.4 cases of violence against people and 15.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
9.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage245
Burglary143
Other physical violence137
Family violence112
Vehicle theft89
Theft from vehicles35
Sexual violence28
Theft without violence239
Fraud165
Drug use93
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.
9.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
789
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
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, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
1 historic monument in Fresnes, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 0.7% of the total. Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fresnes
Is Fresnes safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #23 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 143 burglaries and 245 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Fresnes good?
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #24 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. 94% of 355 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Fréderic Mistral in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fresnes expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fresnes grades D for cost of living.
About Fresnes
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Fresnes is a commune of 29,528 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
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.
