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Some 3,913 people live in this town, in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest subject is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is another plus (A): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, better than 40% of compared French towns. It ranks #16 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. Schools are weaker too — bac results 3.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, 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.
The 2 things Santeny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Santeny 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Santeny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Julien-de-Brioude, in Marolles-en-Brie, 1.2 mi away.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage and museums in and near Santeny. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Brie-Comte-Robert4.6 km southeast, in Brie-Comte-RobertArt galleryArt galleryMusée de la Fondation Jean-Dubuffet4.3 km southwest, in PérignyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Grosbois3.6 km west, in Boissy-Saint-LégerAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame d'Hyverneaux2.6 km east, in LésignyMuseumMuseumCloserie Falbala4.3 km southwest, in PérignyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Santeny.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 312 residents of Santeny died, against 369 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Santeny is Hopital Prive Claude Galien, 3.6 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,300/m², between Val-de-Marne’s towns (€4,010/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house rents for an estimated €16.44/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 74% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,259/m² | 84 |
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.
At the collèges within 5 km of Santeny, 84.1% passed the brevet, close to Val-de-Marne’s towns (85.4%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Its schools’ results rank #46 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. Vocational results within 5 km: 74% passed the bac pro, of 74 candidates.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges BrassensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Blaise PascalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 311 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège Albert CamusBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 94 | 84%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 19.3% of commuters got to work without a car. 8.7% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Val-de-Marne’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 85 offenses in Santeny. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.4 cases of violence against people and 19.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (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 sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 12.7% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Over-65s are 20% of the population. The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, near Val-de-Marne’s towns (13%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Santeny | Val-de-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 43% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-de-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Santeny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Santeny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santeny | 3,913 | — | C+ | D | C | A |
| Servon Seine-et-Marne | 3,565 | 1 | C | D | D | A |
| Marolles-en-Brie | 4,781 | 1.1 | B | D | B | A |
| Lésigny Seine-et-Marne | 6,923 | 1.9 | B− | D | B+ | B+ |
| Villecresnes | 11,647 | 2.1 | C | D | B− | B− |
| Mandres-les-Roses | 4,922 | 2.3 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Périgny | 2,724 | 2.5 | — | D | — | A− |
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 28 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns. 95% of 311 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Blaise Pascal 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 Santeny grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Santeny is a commune of 3,913 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.