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It is a town of 6,480 residents in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Recorded crime is low: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is another plus: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment. What counts against it is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 5.5 points below the expected rate. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, ranking #16 of 91 in Yvelines. On that grade it does better than 82% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Le Perray-en-Yvelines 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 2 things Le Perray-en-Yvelines does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Perray-en-Yvelines counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Perray-en-Yvelines counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Croix de Saint-Jacques: Photo: BastienM · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Perray-en-Yvelines.
Recorded offenses in Le Perray-en-Yvelines came to 76 in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Le Perray-en-Yvelines ranks 2nd of the 91 compared towns in Yvelines. The commonest graded crime 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 · For other physical violence, 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, 7.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
25.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €32,600 a year per consumption unit, close to Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 6.6% are unemployed.
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.
The split in Le Perray-en-Yvelines: €3,493/m² for houses, €3,604/m² for apartments. The median price, €3,544/m², comes from 243 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 62% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,493/m² | 151 |
| Apartments | €3,604/m² | 92 |
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.
87.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Le Perray-en-Yvelines, higher than Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 3.3 mi away. The town’s schools place #52 of 94 in Yvelines on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les MolièresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 178 | 89%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Le Perray-en-Yvelines can choose among 6 GPs. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Le Perray-en-Yvelines records 79 deaths per 100 expected. 469 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 547: 14% below. In Yvelines, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.8 years for women and 82.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Perray-en-Yvelines is Pavillon de Pourras. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.9% of the total, about level with Yvelines’ towns (5.2%) and below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
22% of residents are 65 or over, higher than Yvelines’ towns (17%) and near compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 42% of adults. Line up the people of Le Perray-en-Yvelines by age and the one in the middle is 46.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Le Perray-en-Yvelines | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Le Perray-en-Yvelines. Best known first.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Perray-en-Yvelines as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Le Perray-en-Yvelines is a commune of 6,480 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rambouillet Territoires. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Perray-en-Yvelines | 6,480 | — | A− | C− | A | A− |
| Les Essarts-le-Roi | 6,831 | 2.7 | B | C− | B | A− |
| Rambouillet | 27,724 | 3.3 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Coignières | 4,321 | 5.2 | C | D | D− | A+ |
| Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis | 7,276 | 6 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Montfort-l'Amaury | 2,779 | 6.1 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Maurepas | 20,629 | 6.4 | B− | D | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #2 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #52 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 €3,544/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Perray-en-Yvelines 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 9, 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.
