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The town has 52,763 residents and lies in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. Sartrouville grades C overall and ranks #67 of 91 in Yvelines. That leaves it better than just over a third of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on schools: bac results 2.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.5 points below the expected rate. Its best grade is for walkability — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 59% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Sartrouville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sartrouville 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sartrouville; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1933.
1.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Sartrouville. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Maisons1.8 km northwest, in Maisons-LaffitteGardenGardenSol Majeurin townZooZooFermes de Gally - Ferme pédagogiquein townMuseumMuseumMusée d'Histoire de Sartrouvillein townMuseumMuseumLa Contemporaine5 km southeast, in NanterrePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sartrouville.
Half of residents lived on more than €29,080 a year per consumption unit, below Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) but above compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Sartrouville: 11,550, for 24,700 residents in work (0.5 each). 2.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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.
In Sartrouville, houses go for €5,170/m² and apartments for €3,676/m². The median sale price was €4,297/m², above both Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 1,448 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,170/m² | 638 |
| Apartments | €3,676/m² | 810 |
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.
At the collèges within 5 km of Sartrouville, 83.2% passed the brevet, close to Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Ranked by results, schools here are #65 of 94 in Yvelines.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Darius MilhaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 87%−1 pt |
| Lycée Jean-Paul II PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 154 | 100%±0 pts |
| Collège Claude MonetBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 115 | 74%+16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 43% of adults, below Yvelines’ towns (49%) but above compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 19% of the population here. At 38.5, the median resident of Sartrouville sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Sartrouville | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 3,624 residents of Sartrouville died, against 3,861 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Average lifespans in Yvelines: 86.8 years for women, 82.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Sartrouville can choose among 35 GPs.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 1.3% of the total. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Over 2025, Sartrouville logged 993 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 7.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.3. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Sartrouville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Bendk97 · CC BY-SA 3.0
22 notable people were born in Sartrouville.
Pascal Lino: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Justin Jules: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maxime Barthelmé: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Damien Godet: Fabrizio, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Angélique Angarni-Filopon: RCI Martinique, CC BY 3.0 · Élise Fajgeles: Isahaza, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sartrouville | 52,763 | — | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Houilles | 33,983 | 1.1 | C+ | D | B− | A− |
| Maisons-Laffitte | 23,093 | 1.4 | B+ | D− | B | A− |
| Bezons Val-d'Oise | 36,434 | 1.8 | D | D | C− | B+ |
| Carrières-sur-Seine | 14,791 | 2 | B+ | D | B+ | A+ |
| Cormeilles-en-Parisis Val-d'Oise | 27,292 | 2.1 | C+ | D− | B− | A− |
| Le Mesnil-le-Roi | 6,332 | 2.4 | B+ | D | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #55 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 91 burglaries and 306 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 15% of compared French towns and #65 of 94 in Yvelines. 100% of 154 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean-Paul II in 2025, at 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 Sartrouville grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Sartrouville is a commune of 52,763 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint Germain Boucles de Seine. 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 November 4, 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.