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A town of 3,923 in Yvelines, Île-de-France. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Mézières-sur-Seine grades C+ overall: better than 44% of compared French towns, and #56 of 91 in Yvelines. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 0.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 11.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,144/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.2 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−): 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% 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.
The 2 things Mézières-sur-Seine does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mézières-sur-Seine 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mézières-sur-Seine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1931.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mézières-sur-Seine.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Mézières-sur-Seine is below both Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Benjamin FranklinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 70%−19 pts |
| Lycée Vincent Van GoghNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 375 | 93%−2 pts |
| Lycée LavoisierBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 75 | 84%+10 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 sale price was €3,144/m², below Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,144/m² | 83 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Mézières-sur-Seine comes above both Yvelines’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 14% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Mézières-sur-Seine | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €30,220 a year per consumption unit, below Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) but above compared French towns (€25,970). 6.6% of the labour force are out of work. Mézières-sur-Seine has 550 jobs for 1,950 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 60 offenses in the graded categories in Mézières-sur-Seine in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11 (2023–2025 average). For other physical violence and sexual violence, 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, 7.6% of the index here.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mézières-sur-Seine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 195 residents of Mézières-sur-Seine died, against 229 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C 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
Other places to visit, heritage and gardens in and near Mézières-sur-Seine. Best known first.
Mézières-sur-Seine has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Nicolas: Photo: Spedona · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Mézières-sur-Seine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mézières-sur-Seine | 3,923 | — | C+ | D | A− | B |
| Épône | 7,031 | 1 | C+ | D | B− | A− |
| Porcheville | 3,382 | 1.5 | D | C− | C+ | C |
| Issou | 4,060 | 2.1 | B− | D | A | A− |
| Gargenville | 7,869 | 2.2 | C− | D | B | B− |
| Aubergenville | 12,723 | 2.6 | D | C− | B− | C |
| Juziers | 4,065 | 3.3 | C− | D | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #15 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns and #77 of 94 in Yvelines. 93% of 375 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Vincent Van Gogh 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 Mézières-sur-Seine grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Mézières-sur-Seine is a commune of 3,923 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
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.