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6,831 residents make their home in this town in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. Overall, Les Essarts-le-Roi earns a B, which places it #48 of 91 in Yvelines. On that grade it does better than 58% of compared French towns. Where it does best is walkability: nearly four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 31% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add jobs & income to its strengths: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Pupils here do less well than most (D): brevet results 6.2 points below the expected rate. At €3,209/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Rambouillet Territoires.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Les Essarts-le-Roi 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 one thing Les Essarts-le-Roi does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Essarts-le-Roi as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Prieuré des Hautes-Bruyères (ancien), in Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Les Essarts-le-Roi is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Essarts-le-Roi.
Unemployment stood at 7.0%, lower than both Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €33,040 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took just over a quarter of Les Essarts-le-Roi’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Les Essarts-le-Roi, higher than Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) yet lower than compared French towns (87.5%). By results, schools here place #67 of 94 in Yvelines. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 4.1 mi away.
| 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,209/m², comes from 187 sales of houses and apartments in Les Essarts-le-Roi from July 2023 to June 2026. The split here: €3,353/m² for houses, €2,846/m² for apartments. Of the homes sold, 72% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,353/m² | 134 |
| Apartments | €2,846/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; 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. Adjusted for age and care homes, Les Essarts-le-Roi records 78 deaths per 100 expected, close to Yvelines’ towns (76) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 427 residents of Les Essarts-le-Roi died, against 550 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
18% are under 15, below Yvelines’ towns (20%) but above compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. Graduates make up 48% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Les Essarts-le-Roi | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Les Essarts-le-Roi’s tally for 2025: 147 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 15.2. The graded crime recorded most in the town 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 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, 1.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Les Essarts-le-Roi. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Les Essarts-le-Roi.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Les Essarts-le-Roi is a commune of 6,831 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Essarts-le-Roi | 6,831 | — | B | C− | B | A− |
| Coignières | 4,321 | 2.6 | C | D | D− | A+ |
| Le Perray-en-Yvelines | 6,480 | 2.7 | A− | C− | A | A− |
| Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis | 7,276 | 3.4 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Maurepas | 20,629 | 3.8 | B− | D | B | A− |
| La Verrière | 5,994 | 3.9 | C− | D | C | A |
| Élancourt | 26,365 | 4.9 | B | D | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #47 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 38 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns and #67 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 €3,209/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Essarts-le-Roi 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.