Where the population is not collapsing in France
The countryside is emptying across southern Europe — but not everywhere. These municipalities in France rank best on population trend and local vitality, the single most important check before buying an old rural house.
| # | Municipality | Province | Vitality score | Grade |
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| 1 | Évry-Courcouronnes | Essonne | 100/100 | A |
| 2 | Romainville | Seine-Saint-Denis | 100/100 | A |
| 3 | Chessy | Seine-et-Marne | 99/100 | A |
| 4 | Ferrette | Haut-Rhin | 99/100 |
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| 5 | L'Île-Saint-Denis | Seine-Saint-Denis | 99/100 | A |
| 6 | Montereau-Fault-Yonne | Seine-et-Marne | 99/100 | A |
| 7 | Montévrain | Seine-et-Marne | 99/100 | A |
| 8 | Saint-Genis-Pouilly | Ain | 99/100 | B |
| 9 | Bessancourt | Val-d'Oise | 98/100 | A |
| 10 | Douvaine | Haute-Savoie | 98/100 | A |
| 11 | Égly | Essonne | 98/100 | A |
| 12 | Fleury-Mérogis | Essonne | 98/100 | A |
| 13 | Pierrelaye | Val-d'Oise | 98/100 | A |
| 14 | Rubelles | Seine-et-Marne | 98/100 | A |
| 15 | Villenave-d'Ornon | Gironde | 98/100 | B |
| 16 | Beauzelle | Haute-Garonne | 97/100 | B |
| 17 | Brie-Comte-Robert | Seine-et-Marne | 97/100 | A |
| 18 | Castelnau-le-Lez | Hérault | 97/100 | A |
| 19 | Ferrières-en-Brie | Seine-et-Marne | 97/100 | A |
| 20 | Fontanil-Cornillon | Isère | 97/100 | A |
Ranked from TerraNova's A→G model (national percentile scoring). The Vitality score is 0–100. Tap any municipality for the full breakdown — radar, hazards, price & population trends, every indicator with its source.
Provisional marks a municipality where some pillars have no data yet; the missing ones are treated as neutral, so read those grades as directional.
How this ranking works
TerraNova grades each municipality on five pillars — climate resilience, local vitality, amenities & access, property value and market & investment — from official open data, then percentile-ranks them within each country. This page surfaces the top of that ranking for one question and one area. Want it weighted to your priorities? Generate a personalized dossier or re-weight the live map.