Limay grades D overall: better than 5% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): bac results 1.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.8 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,527/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 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 (A+): 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 33% 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Limay 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Money is tighter in Limay than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,060 a year per consumption unit
In the comparison, Limay comes below both Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970). 14.8% of the labour force are out of work. Limay has 5,350 jobs for 6,850 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
33%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving64%
Public transport27%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,350
jobs based in Limay, 0.8 per working resident
14.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Limay costs an estimated advertised €15.15/m² a month, against €18.40/m² in Yvelines’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,527/m², below Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and close to compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Limay sell for €2,626/m² and apartments for €2,254/m².
€2,527/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Limay€2,527/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,626/m²
236
Apartments
€2,254/m²
112
€15.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.82 to €17.91/m² a month)
6.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Limay sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Limay sits above both Yvelines’ towns (76) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 972 residents of Limay died, against 1,001 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Limay · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Francois Quesnay
2.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Francois Quesnay
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Limay has more crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 378 offenses in the graded categories in Limay in 2025. 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, 0.3% of the index here.
10.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage123
Family violence97
Other physical violence43
Vehicle theft37
Sexual violence30
Burglary25
Theft from vehicles23
Fraud87
Drug use86
Theft without violence59
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.
10.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
378
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Limay: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). 2.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Limay
Is Limay safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #74 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 123 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Limay good?
They grade D−, better than 5% of compared French towns and #87 of 94 in Yvelines. 99% of 168 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Limay expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Limay grades C− for cost of living.
About Limay
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Limay is a commune of 17,885 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
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.
