Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,731 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Méré has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €4,024/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.8 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 jobs & income (A+): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Méré does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Méré 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Méré as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Groussay, in Montfort-l'Amaury, 0.7 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Méré. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Groussay1 km south, in Montfort-l'AmauryChâteauChâteauChâteau des Mesnuls3.8 km south, in Les MesnulsMuseumMuseumLe Belvédère1.5 km southwest, in Montfort-l'AmauryMuseumMuseumMaison de Jean Monnet3.2 km southeast, in Bazoches-sur-GuyonneMuseumMuseumMusée international d'art naïf3.2 km north, in VicqFortFortTour Anne-de-Bretagne1.6 km southwest, in Montfort-l'AmauryPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Méré.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Méré records 74 deaths per 100 expected, close to Yvelines’ towns (76) and below compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
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
In the comparison, Méré comes above both Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 5.5%.
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.
For Méré, that is above both Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice RavelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 195 | 84%−11 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €4,024/m², close to Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,086/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Méré sits above both Yvelines’ towns (49%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Over-65s are 22% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Méré | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.2% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Méré is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Méré as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méré | 1,731 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Montfort-l'Amaury | 2,779 | 0.8 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| La Queue-les-Yvelines | 2,629 | 2.5 | — | C | — | A− |
| Garancières | 2,621 | 3.6 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Villiers-Saint-Frédéric | 3,395 | 3.7 | A | C− | A | A+ |
| Jouars-Pontchartrain | 6,039 | 4.1 | A− | C− | A | A |
| Neauphle-le-Château | 3,250 | 4.3 | — | C− | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Méré has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 12.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage. With 1,100 jobs for 800 working residents, Méré draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns. 96% of 330 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Monnet in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Méré grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Méré is a commune of 1,731 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
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 October 30, 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.