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A town of 2,184 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Follainville-Dennemont has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): bac results 1.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,654/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 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 walkability (B): 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Follainville-Dennemont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Follainville-Dennemont 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 2 historic monuments in Follainville-Dennemont, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Follainville-Dennemont.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Follainville-Dennemont comes below both Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de GassicourtNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 60%−9 pts |
| Lycée Jean RostandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 210 | 72%−11 pts |
| Lycée CondorcetBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 99 | 87%+5 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 €2,654/m², below Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and close to compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,635/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 17% 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 an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Follainville-Dennemont | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 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, 153 residents of Follainville-Dennemont died, against 160 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Follainville-Dennemont, that is above both Yvelines’ towns (5.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Follainville-Dennemont, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The median disposable income was €28,820 a year per consumption unit, below Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) but above compared French towns (€25,970). Follainville-Dennemont has 200 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 19 offenses in the graded categories in Follainville-Dennemont in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 34.9% 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
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Follainville-Dennemont. Best known first.
The list names few of Follainville-Dennemont’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Croix du 16s: Photo: Pierre Poschadel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Follainville-Dennemont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follainville-Dennemont | 2,184 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Mantes-la-Jolie | 43,526 | 1.3 | D | C− | C | B− |
| Limay | 17,885 | 2 | D | C− | C+ | C |
| Buchelay | 3,360 | 2.5 | C− | D | D | A− |
| Mantes-la-Ville | 22,332 | 2.6 | D | C− | C+ | B |
| Magnanville | 6,383 | 3.1 | C+ | C− | B+ | B |
| Rosny-sur-Seine | 7,328 | 3.6 | C− | C− | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Follainville-Dennemont has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Follainville-Dennemont grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Follainville-Dennemont is a commune of 2,184 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.