Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,447 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Flins-sur-Seine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 8.5 recorded violent incidents and 27.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €3,105/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.1 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 jobs & income (A+): 2.3 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Flins-sur-Seine 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 no building in Flins-sur-Seine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus d'Élisabethville, in Aubergenville, 1.4 mi away.
15% 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 Flins-sur-Seine.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 72 offenses in the graded categories in Flins-sur-Seine in 2025. With 2,650 jobs for 1,150 working residents, Flins-sur-Seine draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. For family violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and burglary, 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, 8.2% 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
17.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Yvelines’ towns (35.4%) but above compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €28,970 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €3,105/m², below Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,128/m² | 40 |
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 this, Flins-sur-Seine is below both Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Arthur RimbaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 187 | 72%−11 pts |
| Lycée Vincent Van GoghNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 375 | 93%−2 pts |
| Lycée Jacques VaucansonBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 212 | 92%+18 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
12% of residents are 15 to 24 and 18% are 65 or over, against 12% and 17% in the median compared commune of Yvelines. 33% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Yvelines 49%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Flins-sur-Seine | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 171 residents of Flins-sur-Seine died, against 168 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
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
Heritage, gardens and other places to visit in and near Flins-sur-Seine. Best known first.
Nothing in Flins-sur-Seine 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 Flins-sur-Seine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flins-sur-Seine | 2,447 | — | — | D | D | C+ |
| Aubergenville | 12,723 | 0.9 | D | C− | B− | C |
| Juziers | 4,065 | 2.2 | C− | D | B+ | C− |
| Les Mureaux | 34,632 | 2.3 | C+ | C− | B | B− |
| Ecquevilly | 4,279 | 2.4 | C | D | C+ | C+ |
| Épône | 7,031 | 2.5 | C+ | D | B− | A− |
| Hardricourt | 2,599 | 3.1 | C− | D | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Flins-sur-Seine grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Flins-sur-Seine is a commune of 2,447 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.