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A town of 1,441 in Yvelines, Île-de-France. Only 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Dammartin-en-Serve has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% 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 2 things Dammartin-en-Serve does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dammartin-en-Serve 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 Dammartin-en-Serve as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Rosay, in Rosay, 2.8 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dammartin-en-Serve.
In the comparison, Dammartin-en-Serve comes above both Yvelines’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.9% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Dammartin-en-Serve | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Dammartin-en-Serve’s deaths ran at 75 per 100 expected, close to Yvelines’ towns (76) and below compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,746/m², below Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and close to compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,746/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €28,770 a year per consumption unit, below Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) but above compared French towns (€25,970). Dammartin-en-Serve has 150 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Unemployment stands at 8.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Dammartin-en-Serve. Best known first.
Nothing in Dammartin-en-Serve is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Dammartin-en-Serve as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dammartin-en-Serve | 1,441 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Magnanville | 6,383 | 5.6 | C+ | C− | B+ | B |
| Buchelay | 3,360 | 6.1 | C− | D | D | A− |
| Mantes-la-Ville | 22,332 | 6.5 | D | C− | C+ | B |
| Rosny-sur-Seine | 7,328 | 6.6 | C− | C− | B | B |
| Mantes-la-Jolie | 43,526 | 7.3 | D | C− | C | B− |
| Ivry-la-Bataille Eure | 2,609 | 7.3 | C− | C | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dammartin-en-Serve has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dammartin-en-Serve grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Dammartin-en-Serve is a commune of 1,441 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Houdanais (CCPH). 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.