Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 22,241 people, this town lies in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Achères’s lowest grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its overall grade of C− puts it better than just over a fifth of compared French towns, #75 of 91 in Yvelines. Schools are weaker too — bac results 2.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.5 points below the expected rate. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 53% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It is strong on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Achères does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Achères 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 Achères as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Germain, in Andrésy, 1.5 mi away.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums and heritage in and near Achères. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la batellerie et des voies navigables de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine4.1 km northeast, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
MuseumMusée du jouet4.1 km southwest, in Poissy
MuseumMaison de Fer4.6 km southwest, in Poissy
MuseumChâteau du Prieuré4.1 km northeast, in Conflans-Sainte-HonorineMonastery or conventMonastery or conventPrieuré Saint-Louis de Poissy4.2 km southwest, in PoissyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Achères.
21% are under 15, above Yvelines’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by two in five adults. Achères has a median age of 35.7.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Achères | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €26,060 a year per consumption unit, lower than Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and near compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 12.0%. Achères holds 4,700 jobs; 10,450 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €18.40/m² a month, near Yvelines’ towns (€18.40/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 43% were houses. House rents are put at about €15.89/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,742/m² | 205 |
| Apartments | €3,726/m² | 268 |
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 lycées within 5 km of Achères, 91.1% passed the bac, below Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Results rank its schools #62 of 94 in Yvelines.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean LurçatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 83%−6 pts |
| Lycée Louise WeissNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 173 | 92%−1 pt |
| Collège MagellanBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 72 | 81%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Yvelines, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 82.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,154 deaths in Achères from 2016 to 2025; there were 992, 14% fewer. This Yvelines town has 9 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.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Achères. The 2025 count: 447 offenses locally. Violence against people averaged 8.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.6.
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, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Achères is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Achères.
Andrée Lafayette: Edwin Bower Hesser, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achères | 22,241 | — | C− | D− | B− | B+ |
| Andrésy | 13,834 | 1.7 | C+ | D | B− | A |
| Chanteloup-les-Vignes | 10,861 | 2 | D | D | B− | B− |
| Carrières-sous-Poissy | 20,825 | 2.2 | D | D− | B+ | C+ |
| Poissy | 40,983 | 2.6 | C+ | D− | B− | B+ |
| Maurecourt | 4,454 | 2.6 | B− | D− | A | A− |
| Le Mesnil-le-Roi | 6,332 | 3.1 | B+ | D | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #56 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 49 burglaries and 132 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns and #62 of 94 in Yvelines. 92% of 173 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louise Weiss 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.
By type: houses €3,742/m² (205 sales), apartments €3,726/m² (268 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Achères grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Achères is a commune of 22,241 people in the Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise. 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.
