Gambais has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 17 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,203/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Cœur d'Yvelines. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% 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.
Each subject compares Gambais 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Gambais sees fewer deaths than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: 69 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Gambais below both Yvelines’ towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 127 residents of Gambais died, against 185 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw69
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Gambais · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Rambouillet
11.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Rambouillet
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Gambais keeps more of its old housing than Yvelines or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Gambais is above both Yvelines’ towns (5.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Gambais: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Gambais is Domaine de Neuville.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Gambais is better off than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €36,780 a year per consumption unit
For Gambais, that is above both Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970). 12.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Gambais has 400 jobs for 1,200 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Public transport11%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
400
jobs based in Gambais, 0.3 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€36,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gambais
Is Gambais safe?
Gambais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Gambais good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gambais expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gambais grades B for cost of living.
About Gambais
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Gambais is a commune of 2,574 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur d'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
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.
