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2026 ranking · access to general practitioners (APL)

Medical deserts: the towns in Île-de-France with the poorest access to general practitioners

Montceaux-lès-Provins (Seine-et-Marne) has the poorest access to general practitioners in Île-de-France: 0.1 visits per inhabitant per year. Next come Sancy-lès-Provins (Seine-et-Marne, 0.3 visits per inhabitant per year) and Saint-Martin-du-Boschet (Seine-et-Marne, 0.4 visits per inhabitant per year).

1,266 towns ranked

Montceaux-lès-Provins, 1stThe next 19

The podium

  1. 1stMontceaux-lès-Provins 0.1visits/yr Seine-et-Marne
  2. 2ndSancy-lès-Provins 0.3visits/yr Seine-et-Marne
  3. 3rdSaint-Martin-du-Boschet 0.4visits/yr Seine-et-Marne

This ranking covers all 1,266 towns in Île-de-France. The table is split into pages of 100 towns. At the other end of the ranking, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne) comes last with 6.2 visits per inhabitant per year.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: medical deserts in Île-de-France

Rank Town Department Visits per inhabitant per year Proportional bar Population
1 Montceaux-lès-Provins Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.1 326
2 Sancy-lès-Provins Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.3 345
3 Saint-Martin-du-Boschet Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.4 263
4 Augers-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.4 269
5 Moisson Yvelines (78) 0.4 917
6 La Chapelle-Moutils Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.5 404
7 Mousseaux-sur-Seine Yvelines (78) 0.5 701
8 Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.5 509
9 Cerneux Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.5 274
10 Méricourt Yvelines (78) 0.6 390
11 Bellot Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.6 792
12 Villeneuve-sur-Bellot Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.7 1,174
13 Le Tertre-Saint-Denis Yvelines (78) 0.7 141
14 Hondevilliers Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.7 258
15 La Trétoire Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.7 466
16 Égreville Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.7 2,227
17 Le Heaulme Val-d'Oise (95) 0.7 210
18 Neuilly-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise (95) 0.8 245
19 Freneuse Yvelines (78) 0.8 4,557
20 Rolleboise Yvelines (78) 0.8 348
21 Boissy-Mauvoisin Yvelines (78) 0.8 632
22 Sablonnières Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.8 798
23 Villiers-Saint-Georges Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.9 1,185
24 Saint-Léger Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.9 248
25 Guernes Yvelines (78) 0.9 1,103
26 Saint-Illiers-la-Ville Yvelines (78) 0.9 356
27 Dampmart Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.9 3,713
28 Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.9 1,293
29 Bréançon Val-d'Oise (95) 0.9 441
30 tied Marines Val-d'Oise (95) 0.9 3,650
30 tied Haravilliers Val-d'Oise (95) 0.9 595
32 Lescherolles Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.9 469
33 Villebéon Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.9 471
34 Condé-Sainte-Libiaire Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.9 1,512
35 Vaux-sur-Lunain Seine-et-Marne (77) 0.9 233
36 Haute-Isle Val-d'Oise (95) 1.0 298
37 Berville Val-d'Oise (95) 1.0 382
38 Saint-Martin-des-Champs Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.0 669
39 Bransles Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.0 537
40 Montchauvet Yvelines (78) 1.0 282
41 Saint-Mars-Vieux-Maisons Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.0 251
42 Longnes Yvelines (78) 1.0 1,625
43 Theuville Val-d'Oise (95) 1.0 53
44 Les Marêts Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.0 154
45 Dammartin-en-Serve Yvelines (78) 1.0 1,465
46 Mulcent Yvelines (78) 1.0 133
47 Voulangis Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.0 1,570
48 Gurcy-le-Châtel Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.0 567
49 Balloy Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.0 365
50 Courtacon Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.0 247
51 Courgent Yvelines (78) 1.0 426
52 Saint-Illiers-le-Bois Yvelines (78) 1.0 454
53 Saint-Méry Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.1 336
54 Bréval Yvelines (78) 1.1 2,183
55 Boitron Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.1 329
56 La Ferté-Gaucher Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.1 4,776
57 Diant Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.1 196
58 Chevry-en-Sereine Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.1 513
59 Chars Val-d'Oise (95) 1.1 2,034
60 Brignancourt Val-d'Oise (95) 1.1 264
61 Bezalles Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.1 224
62 Mons-en-Montois Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.1 467
63 Blennes Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.1 555
64 Vienne-en-Arthies Val-d'Oise (95) 1.1 385
65 tied Houilles Yvelines (78) 1.1 34,268
65 tied Montigny-le-Guesdier Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.1 300
67 Voulx Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.2 1,645
68 Jouy-sur-Morin Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.2 2,254
69 Champeaux Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.2 822
70 Menouville Val-d'Oise (95) 1.2 62
71 Orly-sur-Morin Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.2 665
72 Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines Yvelines (78) 1.2 1,500
73 Prunay-le-Temple Yvelines (78) 1.2 416
74 Bazoches-lès-Bray Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.2 888
75 Meigneux Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.2 243
76 Vimpelles Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.2 518
77 Bannost-Villegagnon Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.2 674
78 Épiais-Rhus Val-d'Oise (95) 1.2 620
79 Neauphlette Yvelines (78) 1.2 885
80 Coulombs-en-Valois Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.2 584
81 tied Rosny-sur-Seine Yvelines (78) 1.2 7,410
81 tied Cormeilles-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise (95) 1.2 1,314
83 Boisdon Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 134
84 Baby Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 114
85 Grisy-les-Plâtres Val-d'Oise (95) 1.3 724
86 tied Luisetaines Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 235
86 tied Maudétour-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise (95) 1.3 212
86 tied Sigy Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 67
89 Montry Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 3,965
90 Frouville Val-d'Oise (95) 1.3 355
91 Saint-Just-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 271
92 Flins-Neuve-Église Yvelines (78) 1.3 167
93 Carrières-sur-Seine Yvelines (78) 1.3 15,012
94 tied Voulton Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 299
94 tied Rupéreux Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 108
96 Solers Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 1,354
97 tied Frémécourt Val-d'Oise (95) 1.3 533
97 tied Ménerville Yvelines (78) 1.3 219
99 Arronville Val-d'Oise (95) 1.3 624
100 Égligny Seine-et-Marne (77) 1.3 313

Source: DREES (French Ministry of Health), localized potential accessibility (APL) to general practitioners; general practitioner office and home visits accessible per inhabitant per year (APL). Not ranked: communes whose APL is not published. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

FAQ

Medical deserts in Île-de-France: FAQ

Which town in Île-de-France has the poorest access to general practitioners?

Montceaux-lès-Provins (Seine-et-Marne) has the poorest access to general practitioners in Île-de-France: 0.1 visits per inhabitant per year.

What are the 10 towns in Île-de-France with the poorest access to general practitioners?

In order: Montceaux-lès-Provins (0.1 visits per inhabitant per year), Sancy-lès-Provins (0.3 visits per inhabitant per year), Saint-Martin-du-Boschet (0.4 visits per inhabitant per year), Augers-en-Brie (0.4 visits per inhabitant per year), Moisson (0.4 visits per inhabitant per year), La Chapelle-Moutils (0.5 visits per inhabitant per year), Mousseaux-sur-Seine (0.5 visits per inhabitant per year), Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine (0.5 visits per inhabitant per year), Cerneux (0.5 visits per inhabitant per year), and Méricourt (0.6 visits per inhabitant per year).

Which town in Île-de-France has the best access to general practitioners?

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne) has the best access to general practitioners in Île-de-France: 6.2 visits per inhabitant per year. See the towns in Île-de-France with the best access to general practitioners.

How many towns in Île-de-France are ranked?

All of them: the 1,266 towns in Île-de-France appear in this ranking.

How is access to doctors measured?

Localized potential accessibility (APL), calculated by DREES, the statistics office of the French Ministry of Health, measures how many general practitioner visits each inhabitant can access per year. It takes into account doctors in the commune and in nearby communes, how much they work, and the age of the population. In its studies, DREES describes communes with an APL below 2.5 visits per inhabitant per year as underserved. Values are high in tourist resorts, where doctors also serve a seasonal population.

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