Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,031 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Épône grades C+ overall: better than 40% of compared French towns, and #62 of 91 in Yvelines. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 11.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,051/m², a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% 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.
Each subject compares Épône 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Épône: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Épône.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Épône is below both Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Benjamin FranklinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 70%−19 pts |
| Lycée Vincent Van GoghNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 375 | 93%−2 pts |
| Lycée LavoisierBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 75 | 84%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,051/m², below Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,032/m² | 165 |
| Apartments | €3,137/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Épône’s deaths ran at 74 per 100 expected, close to Yvelines’ towns (76) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 433 residents of Épône died, against 538 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Half of residents lived on more than €29,320 a year per consumption unit, below Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) but above compared French towns (€25,970). Épône has 2,450 jobs for 3,100 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Épône comes above both Yvelines’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). 18% of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Épône | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Épône: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie recorded 173 offenses in the graded categories in Épône in 2025. For sexual violence and 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, 2.1% of the index here.
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
Other places to visit, heritage and gardens in and near Épône. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Épône: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Église Saint-Béat: Photo: Pierre Poschadel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pavillon de David dit Temple de David: Photo: Original uploader was Spedona at fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Épône.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épône | 7,031 | — | C+ | D | B− | A− |
| Mézières-sur-Seine | 3,923 | 1 | C+ | D | A− | B |
| Aubergenville | 12,723 | 1.6 | D | C− | B− | C |
| Gargenville | 7,869 | 2 | C− | D | B | B− |
| Porcheville | 3,382 | 2.2 | D | C− | C+ | C |
| Issou | 4,060 | 2.3 | B− | D | A | A− |
| Juziers | 4,065 | 2.7 | C− | D | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #65 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #72 of 94 in Yvelines. 93% of 375 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Vincent Van Gogh 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.
By type: houses €3,032/m² (165 sales), apartments €3,137/m² (36 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Épône grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Épône is a commune of 7,031 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.
