Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,945 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Vauhallan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 47% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Vauhallan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vauhallan 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 3 historic monuments in Vauhallan: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Vauhallan. Best known first.
MuseumMusée français de la photographie3.3 km north, in Bièvres
MuseumMusée du Hurepoix3.6 km southeast, in Palaiseau
MuseumMusée de l'outil2.3 km north, in Bièvres
MuseumMus’X2.5 km south, in PalaiseauMuseumMuseumMusées de l'Abbaye Saint-Louis-du-Templein townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vauhallan.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Vauhallan, that is below both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 143 residents of Vauhallan died, against 234 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Vauhallan sits above both Essonne’s towns (€3,237/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,023/m² | 52 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Vauhallan above both Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 6.3%. Vauhallan has 200 jobs for 850 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Vauhallan is 94.5%, above both Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile ZolaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 199 | 83%−10 pts |
| Lycée international Palaiseau Paris-SaclayNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 255 | 100%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Henri PoincaréBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 149 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Vauhallan: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On this, Vauhallan is above both Essonne’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). 17% of residents are children under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vauhallan | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 12% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 61% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 31 offenses in the graded categories in Vauhallan in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 35.9% 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
The list names few of Vauhallan’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ferme des Arpentis: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vauhallan yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauhallan | 1,945 | — | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Igny | 10,833 | 0.7 | B− | D− | C+ | A |
| Bièvres | 4,686 | 1.4 | B− | D | C+ | A |
| Saclay | 4,437 | 1.7 | A | D− | B+ | A+ |
| Palaiseau | 37,471 | 1.9 | B | D | C+ | A− |
| Villebon-sur-Yvette | 10,291 | 2.6 | B | D | C− | A+ |
| Verrières-le-Buisson | 15,057 | 2.7 | C+ | D− | C− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vauhallan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 12 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns. 100% of 255 candidates passed the bac at Lycée international Palaiseau Paris-Saclay in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €19.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vauhallan grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Vauhallan is a commune of 1,945 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Communauté Paris-Saclay. 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.