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4,321 people call this town in Yvelines, Île-de-France home.
Strong in places, weak in others. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 14.6 recorded violent incidents and 27 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is easy to get around without a car (A+): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 31% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at C, #70 of 91 in Yvelines. That leaves it better than 28% of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 3 things Coignières does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coignières 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 Coignières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Prieuré des Hautes-Bruyères (ancien), in Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré, 1.5 mi away.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Coignières. Best known first.
Theme parkFrance miniature4.1 km northeast, in Élancourt
ChâteauCommanderie de la Villedieu3.6 km northeast, in ÉlancourtAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame-des-Hautes-Bruyères2.4 km southwest, in Saint-Rémy-l'HonoréChâteauChâteauDonjon de Maurepas2.5 km north, in MaurepasMonastery or conventMonastery or conventSkit du Saint-Esprit1.7 km southeast, in Le Mesnil-Saint-DenisGardenGardenJardin Yili2.9 km northwest, in Saint-Rémy-l'HonoréPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coignières.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Yvelines is 86.8 years for women and 82.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 214 residents of Coignières died, against 269 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Among the graded crimes in Coignières, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). 174 offenses were reported in Coignières during 2025. The town ranks last of the 91 compared towns in Yvelines on the Safety Grade. It has 5,000 jobs for 1,900 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
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, 0.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
The median disposable income was €25,390 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Yvelines’ towns (€32,600). Bus, tram or train carried 22.1% of working residents in Coignières to work at the census. 9.7% of the labour force are out of work.
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.64/m² a month, near Yvelines’ towns (€18.40/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 70% of what sold. Coignières recorded 73 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,373/m² | 51 |
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.
On school results, the town ranks #58 of 94 in Yvelines. At the two general lycées, 96% of 415 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Mare aux SaulesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 79%−8 pts |
| Lycée Les 7 MaresNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 260 | 97%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 32% of adults, between Yvelines’ towns (49%) and compared French towns (30%). 20% of residents are children under 15. Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Coignières | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Coignières 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 Coignières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coignières | 4,321 | — | C | D | D− | A+ |
| Maurepas | 20,629 | 1.2 | B− | D | B | A− |
| Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis | 7,276 | 1.6 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| La Verrière | 5,994 | 1.6 | C− | D | C | A |
| Élancourt | 26,365 | 2.4 | B | D | B | A− |
| Les Essarts-le-Roi | 6,831 | 2.6 | B | C− | B | A− |
| Jouars-Pontchartrain | 6,039 | 3.1 | A− | C− | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #58 of 94 in Yvelines. 97% of 260 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Les 7 Mares 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Coignières grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Coignières is a commune of 4,321 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. 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.