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2,621 residents make their home in this town in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
It is easy to get around without a car: nearly three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is health (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its schools fall short (C+): bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €3,318/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur d'Yvelines.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Garancières has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Garancières 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.
Garancières has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The 2 things Garancières does most differently from other towns.
Garancières has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Garancières has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garancières.
5.5% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 17.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, between Yvelines’ towns (35.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Yvelines: 86.8 years for women, 82.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Garancières come to 96 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 166 residents of Garancières died, against 174 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Garancières is Centre hospitalier Prive du Montgarde, 10.3 mi away.
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 · 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.
Among adults, 47% have a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town, lower than Yvelines’ towns (12%) and near compared French towns (11%). Ages in Garancières split evenly at 42.6: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Garancières | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Garancières, 96.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The town’s schools place #39 of 94 in Yvelines on results. The nearest collège is 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges PompidouNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 91%−5 pts |
| Lycée Jean MonnetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 330 | 96%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Garancières has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,318/m²: 79 houses and apartments sold in Garancières between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 94% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,307/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.8 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, 45 offenses were recorded in Garancières. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 25.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Garancières. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Garancières yet.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Garancières is a commune of 2,621 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garancières | 2,621 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| La Queue-les-Yvelines | 2,629 | 1.2 | — | C | — | A− |
| Montfort-l'Amaury | 2,779 | 3.9 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Gambais | 2,574 | 4.6 | — | B | — | A |
| Villiers-Saint-Frédéric | 3,395 | 6 | A | C− | A | A+ |
| Beynes | 7,704 | 6.3 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Neauphle-le-Château | 3,250 | 6.8 | — | C− | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Garancières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns and #39 of 94 in Yvelines. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,318/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Garancières grades C+ for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.