Essonne

Essonne has 1,324,546 residents in 194 communes. Over five years, homes sold for a median €3,310/m², from €1,500/m² in Grigny to €4,950/m² in Bièvres among communes of more than 2,000 people. 58% of households own their main home.

Département 91 · 194 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

1,324,546residents2022 census

€3,310/m²median price per m²five years of sales

58%of households own their homemain home

2%second homesof all homes

Four maps of Essonne.

Each commune is coloured by its value; every map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest. Grey: not published.

Green spaceShare of land within 500 m that is green space

0%30%+

Everyday servicesEveryday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

Map of Essonne : Everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

<60240+

Price per m²Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

Map of Essonne : Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

<€1,500€5,000+

Living standardMedian disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

Map of Essonne : Median disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

<€19,000€29,000+

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

The 102 communes with more than 2,000 people.

Colour shows where each commune sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Commune	Residents	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Angerville	4,416	€2,200/m²	€22,130	67%	7%	12.5%	7%	29
Arpajon	11,503	€3,480/m²	€21,980	41%	9%	11.5%	6%	134
Athis-Mons	36,451	€3,630/m²	€22,380	44%	6%	8.8%	16%	200
Ballainvilliers	4,838	€3,850/m²	€29,750	68%	9%	6.5%	4%	34
Ballancourt-sur-Essonne	7,795	€3,200/m²	€25,500	65%	10%	9.0%	2%	72
Bièvres	4,700	€4,950/m²	€34,800	68%	8%	6.4%	18%	60
Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon	3,855	€3,190/m²	€27,770	78%	8%	5.2%	11%	31
Bondoufle	10,833	€3,270/m²	€26,390	73%	7%	7.8%	8%	74
Bouray-sur-Juine	2,077	€3,040/m²	€28,910	79%	8%	7.6%	32%	26
Boussy-Saint-Antoine	7,986	€2,870/m²	€24,320	64%	8%	11.1%	28%	86
Boutigny-sur-Essonne	3,048	€2,900/m²	€27,040	83%	10%	7.7%	37%	16
Breuillet	9,023	€3,180/m²	€26,570	70%	9%	8.7%	36%	34
Briis-sous-Forges	3,375	€3,510/m²	€30,610	78%	11%	5.5%	18%	49
Brunoy	25,792	€3,590/m²	€27,460	65%	9%	8.7%	19%	134
Bruyères-le-Châtel	3,738	€3,150/m²	€27,530	67%	8%	7.4%	9%	22
Brétigny-sur-Orge	26,658	€3,310/m²	€23,680	49%	6%	10.8%	13%	111
Bures-sur-Yvette	9,481	€4,270/m²	€33,510	71%	11%	6.4%	34%	111
Cerny	3,425	€2,900/m²	€27,350	81%	10%	6.9%	18%	24
Champcueil	2,873	€3,050/m²	€27,870	83%	14%	7.7%	13%	19
Champlan	2,606	€3,550/m²	€25,020	69%	8%	10.0%	21%	33
Cheptainville	2,212	€3,230/m²	€28,720	82%	6%	5.6%	24%	10
Chilly-Mazarin	19,981	€2,680/m²	€23,140	57%	7%	10.3%	11%	114
Corbeil-Essonnes	53,712	€2,750/m²	€18,970	37%	5%	11.6%	7%	96
Crosne	9,606	€3,240/m²	€26,280	68%	6%	8.9%	21%	87
Dourdan	11,068	€3,020/m²	€23,670	44%	9%	10.5%	54%	56
Draveil	29,824	€3,530/m²	€26,090	59%	10%	10.4%	26%	96
Fleury-Mérogis	13,816	€3,090/m²	€19,420	28%	1%	10.7%	85%	45
Fontenay-lès-Briis	2,322	€3,260/m²	€29,050	83%	4%	6.1%	30%	15
Forges-les-Bains	4,138	€3,290/m²	€30,150	81%	5%	6.3%	18%	23
Gif-sur-Yvette	22,578	€4,130/m²	€34,730	57%	10%	7.9%	32%	71
Gometz-le-Châtel	2,635	€3,850/m²	€30,690	66%	9%	6.2%	36%	24
Grigny	26,500	€1,500/m²	€14,790	28%	4%	19.1%	21%	154
Igny	10,571	€4,750/m²	€31,760	71%	9%	7.4%	15%	99
Itteville	6,674	€3,220/m²	€28,000	84%	6%	6.5%	32%	18
Juvisy-sur-Orge	18,978	€3,690/m²	€23,520	41%	6%	11.4%	10%	206
La Ferté-Alais	3,663	€2,910/m²	€26,470	66%	7%	6.8%	30%	40
La Norville	4,308	€3,380/m²	€28,720	78%	8%	6.7%	7%	137
La Ville-du-Bois	8,140	€3,620/m²	€27,390	66%	6%	7.8%	5%	59
Lardy	5,572	€3,150/m²	€28,860	79%	8%	6.9%	30%	31
Le Coudray-Montceaux	4,738	€3,000/m²	€26,830	63%	8%	9.5%	13%	39
Le Mérévillois	3,420	€2,320/m²	€24,880	82%	10%	8.0%	49%	28
Le Plessis-Pâté	4,107	€3,370/m²	€28,860	74%	7%	7.3%	3%	58
Les Ulis	25,633	€2,470/m²	€19,950	40%	5%	13.3%	18%	188
Leuville-sur-Orge	4,307	€3,240/m²	€27,910	80%	7%	8.3%	6%	31
Limours	6,408	€3,530/m²	€30,560	73%	10%	6.3%	20%	103
Linas	7,310	€3,410/m²	€26,350	72%	6%	8.5%	6%	103
Lisses	7,295	€3,070/m²	€26,150	68%	7%	8.8%	13%	64
Longjumeau	20,470	€3,020/m²	€23,320	55%	8%	10.4%	5%	128
Longpont-sur-Orge	6,456	€3,320/m²	€28,330	76%	8%	9.1%	36%	93
Maisse	2,804	€2,750/m²	€25,060	78%	10%	8.9%	28%	15
Marcoussis	8,597	€3,380/m²	€28,880	71%	9%	7.7%	15%	56
Marolles-en-Hurepoix	5,688	€3,550/m²	€28,330	72%	9%	5.9%	11%	40
Massy	50,597	€4,440/m²	€24,560	40%	6%	9.7%	10%	220
Mennecy	16,071	€3,170/m²	€27,390	62%	8%	9.1%	24%	63
Milly-la-Forêt	4,582	€3,210/m²	€28,370	71%	14%	7.6%	29%	70
Montgeron	23,890	€3,960/m²	€25,500	62%	9%	9.6%	21%	97
Montlhéry	9,238	€3,560/m²	€26,310	52%	6%	8.7%	14%	107
Morangis	13,773	€3,820/m²	€26,260	64%	9%	9.9%	4%	113
Morigny-Champigny	4,435	€2,960/m²	€28,170	84%	11%	6.7%	17%	29
Morsang-sur-Orge	21,161	€3,430/m²	€24,900	63%	8%	12.3%	8%	116
Nozay	4,465	€3,570/m²	€30,540	77%	6%	5.9%	8%	44
Ollainville	5,361	€3,200/m²	€26,790	69%	6%	6.8%	8%	28
Ormoy	2,896	€3,530/m²	€25,400	63%	3%	8.8%	38%	69
Orsay	16,655	€4,410/m²	€33,200	61%	10%	7.5%	28%	191
Palaiseau	36,067	€4,300/m²	€28,570	47%	7%	9.2%	28%	164
Paray-Vieille-Poste	7,956	€4,140/m²	€25,300	57%	11%	9.1%	9%	127
Pussay	2,182	€2,070/m²	€22,820	73%	10%	10.4%	9%	19
Quincy-sous-Sénart	9,491	€3,280/m²	€23,930	58%	10%	12.7%	3%	85
Ris-Orangis	30,283	€2,340/m²	€20,090	51%	7%	12.3%	15%	139
Saclay	4,380	€4,860/m²	€34,070	69%	8%	5.9%	17%	37
Saint-Chéron	5,176	€3,180/m²	€26,980	70%	8%	7.8%	9%	35
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon	11,577	€3,180/m²	€24,340	65%	5%	11.0%	21%	30
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil	7,471	€3,360/m²	€29,890	77%	10%	8.3%	38%	71
Saint-Michel-sur-Orge	21,536	€2,890/m²	€23,160	52%	8%	12.4%	15%	112
Saint-Pierre-du-Perray	12,071	€3,530/m²	€26,200	62%	5%	8.4%	20%	57
Saint-Vrain	3,046	€3,260/m²	€29,300	80%	14%	6.2%	38%	18
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois	35,714	€3,500/m²	€24,370	58%	9%	10.9%	13%	127
Saintry-sur-Seine	5,853	€3,200/m²	€27,730	80%	9%	8.8%	23%	51
Saulx-les-Chartreux	6,611	€3,590/m²	€27,220	68%	6%	9.9%	28%	45
Savigny-sur-Orge	37,775	€3,620/m²	€25,590	63%	8%	9.7%	4%	126
Soisy-sur-Seine	7,370	€3,410/m²	€30,670	68%	13%	8.4%	39%	49
Tigery	4,359	€3,720/m²	€27,420	65%	2%	7.1%	4%	32
Varennes-Jarcy	2,381	€3,530/m²	€33,490	76%	8%	8.6%	19%	42
Verrières-le-Buisson	14,772	€4,930/m²	€36,270	72%	13%	8.0%	20%	137
Vert-le-Grand	2,348	€3,320/m²	€28,960	71%	7%	5.6%	12%	30
Vert-le-Petit	2,716	€3,080/m²	€27,040	69%	5%	8.1%	9%	30
Vigneux-sur-Seine	31,233	€3,500/m²	€21,390	47%	6%	13.3%	27%	107
Villabé	5,654	€3,390/m²	€25,350	66%	6%	9.6%	12%	70
Villebon-sur-Yvette	10,353	€3,740/m²	€29,190	62%	9%	8.3%	29%	67
Villejust	2,502	€3,790/m²	€29,140	73%	4%	6.5%	5%	22
Villemoisson-sur-Orge	7,226	€3,800/m²	€30,300	73%	9%	7.0%	12%	69
Villiers-sur-Orge	4,576	€3,380/m²	€28,900	72%	8%	7.1%	10%	48
Viry-Châtillon	31,112	€3,100/m²	€21,860	51%	8%	14.0%	10%	142
Wissous	6,924	€4,430/m²	€29,510	68%	6%	7.4%	14%	58
Yerres	28,349	€3,570/m²	€28,170	72%	9%	9.3%	21%	104
Égly	7,078	€3,250/m²	€23,770	55%	6%	11.9%	19%	63
Épinay-sous-Sénart	11,783	€2,080/m²	€18,880	47%	6%	17.5%	43%	107
Épinay-sur-Orge	10,626	€3,960/m²	€28,730	67%	11%	8.7%	22%	69
Étampes	26,601	€2,480/m²	€20,480	44%	6%	13.5%	14%	77
Étiolles	3,100	€3,420/m²	€33,550	71%	11%	7.8%	30%	38
Étréchy	6,926	€3,170/m²	€27,380	72%	12%	6.7%	2%	74
Évry-Courcouronnes	66,700	€2,440/m²	€19,160	38%	5%	16.6%	17%	176

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

1,324,546 residents and 542,853 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

20%

aged under 15

19%

aged 15–29

21%

aged 60 and over

34%

of households are people living alone

30%

of households are couples with children

12%

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

593,093 homes, 91% of them main residences, with 3.9 rooms on average.

45%

of homes are houses

58%

of households own their home

19%

of households rent social housing (HLM)

second homes

empty homes

83%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 19195%

1919–19455%

1946–197025%

1971–199034%

1991–200515%

2006–201916%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Property prices.

74,522 house and flat sales over five years.

€3,310/m²median price, houses and flatsFrance : €2,600/m²

€3,130/m²flats38,864 sales

€3,480/m²houses35,658 sales

Median prices from sales published in France’s Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF) over ten half-years, for sales of a single property. Individual sales are not shown. A median is only given where there were at least ten sales.

Source: DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

10.1%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

39%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

15%

managers and professionals among over-15s

22%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Health, shops and services.

Facilities and services in Essonne on 1 January 2025, from Insee’s permanent database of facilities.

5.8GPs per 10,000 residents2025

321pharmacieson 1 January 2025

901food storessupermarkets, convenience stores, grocers

General practitioners763

Dentists602

Nurses1,066

Physiotherapists984

Pharmacies321

Group health centres36

Emergency departments12

Supermarkets and hypermarkets245

Convenience stores and grocers656

Bakeries726

Butchers236

Petrol stations133

EV charging stations460

Post offices and postal points152

Banks361

France services centres26

Police and gendarmerie40

Restaurants3,027

Hairdressers1,391

Nurseries374

Swimming pools44

Sports halls260

Gyms131

Cinemas32

Libraries159

Performance venues37

Insee’s permanent database of facilities lists the shops, services and health professionals present in each commune on 1 January. Health professionals in private practice are counted one by one; several may work at the same address.

Source: Insee, permanent database of facilities 2025 (Open Licence 2.0)

Natural and industrial hazards.

Share of the département’s 194 communes exposed to each major hazard, and natural-disaster declarations since 1982.

Transport of hazardous goods81%

Flooding74%

Industrial hazard7%

Ground movement1%

Nuclear hazard1%

1,828natural-disaster declarationssince 1982

46%of communes have a natural-hazard prevention planin force

Natural-disaster declarations by type

Floods and mudflows1,176

Drought (clay shrinkage)416

Ground movement236

A natural-disaster declaration (arrêté CatNat) lets insurers pay out for the damage. The count reflects past events, not a forecast of future risk. The list of hazards comes from each département’s major-risk file; a prevention plan in force limits building in exposed zones.

Source: Géorisques, GASPAR database (Open Licence 2.0), as of 5 October 2026

Every commune.

Every commune has its own page.

Abbéville-la-Rivière Angerville Angervilliers Arpajon Arrancourt Athis-Mons Authon-la-Plaine Auvernaux Auvers-Saint-Georges Avrainville Ballainvilliers Ballancourt-sur-Essonne Baulne Bièvres Blandy Boigneville Bois-Herpin Boissy-la-Rivière Boissy-le-Cutté Boissy-le-Sec Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon Bondoufle Boullay-les-Troux Bouray-sur-Juine Boussy-Saint-Antoine Boutervilliers Boutigny-sur-Essonne Bouville Breuillet Breux-Jouy Briis-sous-Forges Brières-les-Scellés Brouy Brunoy Bruyères-le-Châtel Brétigny-sur-Orge Buno-Bonnevaux Bures-sur-Yvette Cerny Chalo-Saint-Mars Chalou-Moulineux Chamarande Champcueil Champlan Champmotteux Chatignonville Chauffour-lès-Étréchy Cheptainville Chevannes Chilly-Mazarin Congerville-Thionville Corbeil-Essonnes Corbreuse Courances Courdimanche-sur-Essonne Courson-Monteloup Crosne D'Huison-Longueville Dannemois Dourdan Draveil Fleury-Mérogis Fontaine-la-Rivière Fontenay-le-Vicomte Fontenay-lès-Briis Forges-les-Bains Gif-sur-Yvette Gironville-sur-Essonne Gometz-la-Ville Gometz-le-Châtel Grigny Guibeville Guigneville-sur-Essonne Guillerval Igny Itteville Janville-sur-Juine Janvry Juvisy-sur-Orge La Ferté-Alais La Forêt-Sainte-Croix La Forêt-le-Roi La Norville La Ville-du-Bois Lardy Le Coudray-Montceaux Le Mérévillois Le Plessis-Pâté Le Val-Saint-Germain Les Granges-le-Roi Les Molières Les Ulis Leudeville Leuville-sur-Orge Limours Linas Lisses Longjumeau Longpont-sur-Orge Maisse Marcoussis Marolles-en-Beauce Marolles-en-Hurepoix Massy Mauchamps Mennecy Mespuits Milly-la-Forêt Moigny-sur-École Mondeville Monnerville Montgeron Montlhéry Morangis Morigny-Champigny Morsang-sur-Orge Morsang-sur-Seine Mérobert Nainville-les-Roches Nozay Ollainville Oncy-sur-École Ormoy Ormoy-la-Rivière Orsay Orveau Palaiseau Paray-Vieille-Poste Pecqueuse Plessis-Saint-Benoist Prunay-sur-Essonne Puiselet-le-Marais Pussay Quincy-sous-Sénart Richarville Ris-Orangis Roinville Roinvilliers Saclas Saclay Saint-Aubin Saint-Chéron Saint-Cyr-la-Rivière Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan Saint-Escobille Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil Saint-Hilaire Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne Saint-Michel-sur-Orge Saint-Pierre-du-Perray Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières Saint-Vrain Saint-Yon Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Saintry-sur-Seine Saulx-les-Chartreux Savigny-sur-Orge Sermaise Soisy-sur-Seine Soisy-sur-École Souzy-la-Briche Tigery Torfou Valpuiseaux Varennes-Jarcy Vaugrigneuse Vauhallan Vayres-sur-Essonne Verrières-le-Buisson Vert-le-Grand Vert-le-Petit Videlles Vigneux-sur-Seine Villabé Villebon-sur-Yvette Villeconin Villejust Villemoisson-sur-Orge Villeneuve-sur-Auvers Villiers-le-Bâcle Villiers-sur-Orge Viry-Châtillon Wissous Yerres Écharcon Égly Épinay-sous-Sénart Épinay-sur-Orge Étampes Étiolles Étréchy Évry-Courcouronnes