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A town in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, home to 4,628 people.
Where it does best is walkability (A+): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 28% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.1 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €3,762/m².
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. Noiseau has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Noiseau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Noiseau 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.
Noiseau has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Noiseau; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest date from the 18th century.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Noiseau. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Résistance nationale4 km north, in Champigny-sur-Marne
MuseumVilla Médicis3 km northwest, in Saint-Maur-des-FossésChâteauChâteauFort de Champigny3.4 km north, in Chennevières-sur-MarneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sucy-en-Brie1.7 km west, in Sucy-en-BrieChâteauChâteauChâteau de Grosbois4.5 km south, in Boissy-Saint-LégerPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Noiseau.
Noiseau has 650 jobs for 2,150 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 8.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Val-de-Marne’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 22.5% of working residents in Noiseau went to work by public transport.
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 Noiseau sell for €3,753/m², houses for €3,773/m². Among the homes sold, 60% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 147 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,773/m² | 88 |
| Apartments | €3,753/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Noiseau. Its care home for older people (16 places) counts its residents as Noiseau’s; allowing for it, deaths were 22% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 305 residents of Noiseau died, against 378 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% 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.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Noiseau is 90.7%, close to Val-de-Marne’s towns (91.1%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). At the 9 vocational lycées within 5 km, 79% of 739 candidates passed the bac pro. On results, collèges and lycées here come #34 of 47 in Val-de-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du FortNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 82%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent MontaleauNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 25 | 96% |
| Lycée polyvalent Marx DormoyBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 84 | 96%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town, about level with Val-de-Marne’s towns (13%) and above compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 40% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Noiseau | Val-de-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 43% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-de-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Noiseau has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). 1% 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
In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in Noiseau. Police and gendarmerie recorded 61 offenses locally in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6 cases of violence against people and 12.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (40.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Noiseau has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château d'Ormesson: Photo: Melusane · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Noiseau yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noiseau | 4,628 | — | — | D | — | A− |
| Sucy-en-Brie | 27,764 | 0.9 | B− | D− | B− | A |
| Ormesson-sur-Marne | 10,977 | 0.9 | B− | D− | B− | A− |
| Chennevières-sur-Marne | 18,710 | 1.7 | C− | D | C | B− |
| La Queue-en-Brie | 12,241 | 1.8 | C+ | D | B | B |
| Boissy-Saint-Léger | 17,325 | 2.2 | D | D | C | B+ |
| Marolles-en-Brie | 4,781 | 2.6 | B | D | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Noiseau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns and #34 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. 96% of 25 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Montaleau in 2025 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 Noiseau grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Noiseau is a commune of 4,628 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 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.