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20,525 residents make their home in this town in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France. Few residents are of retirement age: 16% are 65 or over.
Joinville-le-Pont ranks #12 of 44 in Val-de-Marne, with a B− overall. On that grade it does better than 51% of compared French towns. Its strongest is walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 63% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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.
The 2 things Joinville-le-Pont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Joinville-le-Pont 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 Joinville-le-Pont; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1976.
Wikidata records 6 people born in Joinville-le-Pont before 1900, the earliest Gabriel Pinson, in 1835.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Joinville-le-Pont. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Vincennes3.8 km northwest, in Vincennes
ZooParc zoologique de Paris4.2 km west, in Paris 12e
GardenParc floral de Paris3.2 km northwest, in Paris 12e
MuseumMusée de l'histoire de l'immigration5 km northwest, in Paris 12e
MuseumMusée Fragonard de l'École vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort3.6 km west, in Maisons-AlfortPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Joinville-le-Pont.
9.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Val-de-Marne’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per resident in work, Joinville-le-Pont counts 0.5 jobs (5,100 jobs, 9,950 workers). No commute at all: 3.7% of working residents locally at the census.
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.
Apartments in Joinville-le-Pont sell for €5,492/m², houses for €7,296/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €23.22/m² a month, higher than both Val-de-Marne’s towns (€20.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: of the homes sold, 22% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €7,296/m² | 150 |
| Apartments | €5,492/m² | 526 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 16% of the population. 12% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Val-de-Marne’s towns (13%) but above compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Joinville-le-Pont | Val-de-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 12% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 54% | 43% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-de-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its four care homes for older people (186 places) count their residents as Joinville-le-Pont’s; allowing for them, deaths were 22% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,281 residents of Joinville-le-Pont died, against 1,452 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Val-de-Marne is 86.7 years for women and 82.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 10 general practitioners in the town.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #11 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. The bac pass rate near Joinville-le-Pont is 92.1%, in line with Val-de-Marne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean CharcotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 88%−6 pts |
| Lycée Marcelin BerthelotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 361 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louise MichelBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 69 | 96%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.4% of the total, between Val-de-Marne’s towns (3.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 15.2. Joinville-le-Pont’s tally for 2025: 404 recorded offenses. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Joinville-le-Pont (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, 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, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Joinville-le-Pont has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chateau de Parangon: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
17 notable people were born in Joinville-le-Pont.
Marc Bouissou: AdLcn, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maurice de Féraudy: Clément Maurice, Public domain · Michel Dupoix: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (auteur inconnu), Public domain · Henri Laurent-Desrousseaux: Deroche, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joinville-le-Pont | 20,525 | — | B− | D− | B− | A− |
| Saint-Maurice | 14,506 | 1.5 | B+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Nogent-sur-Marne | 32,455 | 1.5 | B | D− | C+ | A |
| Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | 76,572 | 1.6 | B | D− | B− | A |
| Maisons-Alfort | 56,799 | 1.7 | B | D− | B− | A |
| Champigny-sur-Marne | 78,072 | 2.1 | D | D− | C | B− |
| Fontenay-sous-Bois | 53,757 | 2.2 | C+ | D− | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #12 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 60 burglaries and 130 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #11 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. 99% of 361 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marcelin Berthelot in 2025, at 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 Joinville-le-Pont grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Joinville-le-Pont is a commune of 20,525 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
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 8, 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.