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A town of 3,913 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Ablis grades A+ overall: better than almost every compared French town, and #1 of 91 in Yvelines. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
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 Ablis does most differently from other towns.
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Ablis has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ablis.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Ablis is Centre hospitalier Sud Essonne Dourdan Etampes site Dourdan, 7.5 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 220 residents of Ablis died, against 231 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. Life expectancy in Yvelines: 86.8 years for women and 82.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 2 family doctors.
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.
Those 65 and older account for 13% of residents. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, near Yvelines’ towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 37% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Ablis | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €30,190 a year per consumption unit, lower than Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) yet higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly a fifth of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Jobs based in Ablis number 1,400, against 1,900 residents in work (0.7 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 49 offenses in Ablis. Violence against people averaged 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.2. More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence than anything else (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 11.0% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century. 8.4% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than Yvelines’ towns (5.2%) and near compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
110 sales of houses and apartments in Ablis, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,612/m². A home here costs 5.5 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération Rambouillet Territoires. Houses were 87% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,612/m² | 96 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Ablis has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Église Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul: Photo: Rensi sur Wikipédia allemand · Public domain · Ancienne abbaye: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ablis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ablis | 3,913 | — | A+ | B− | A | A+ |
| Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien Eure-et-Loir | 6,419 | 4.4 | C+ | B− | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines | 5,875 | 5.9 | A− | C | A− | A− |
| Gallardon Eure-et-Loir | 3,530 | 7 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Dourdan Essonne | 11,415 | 7.9 | C | C− | C | B− |
| Rambouillet | 27,724 | 9 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Épernon Eure-et-Loir | 5,715 | 9.8 | B+ | C | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #7 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,612/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ablis grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Ablis is a commune of 3,913 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rambouillet Territoires. 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 October 30, 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.
