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Home to 1,031 people, this town lies in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Households here earn well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 4.4% unemployment. Cost of living is its weak spot (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The median price paid is €3,985/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Villiers-le-Bâcle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Villiers-le-Bâcle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villiers-le-Bâcle 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.
Villiers-le-Bâcle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Villiers-le-Bâcle has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Villiers-le-Bâcle. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Vaugien3.6 km southwest, in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
MuseumMusée Raymond-Devos3.9 km southwest, in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
MuseumMusée de l'Optométrie4.8 km southeast, in Bures-sur-YvetteMuseumMuseumAtelier Foujitain townAttractionAttractionFerme Pédagogique du Bel Airin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villiers-le-Bâcle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Villiers-le-Bâcle: 33 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up nearly four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
48 deaths in Villiers-le-Bâcle between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 69: 30% below. In Essonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Villiers-le-Bâcle is Hopital Paris Saclay, 3.3 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert EinsteinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 90%−1 pt |
| Lycée de la vallée de ChevreuseNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 363 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Martin Luther KingBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 158 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 count for 19% of the people here. 10% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Essonne’s towns (12%). Retirement age and beyond: a fifth of residents are 65 or older.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Villiers-le-Bâcle | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.6% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 59% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Villiers-le-Bâcle; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
12.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 4.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The list names few of Villiers-le-Bâcle’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison-atelier de Foujita: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villiers-le-Bâcle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villiers-le-Bâcle | 1,031 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Magny-les-Hameaux Yvelines | 9,386 | 1.4 | B | D | B+ | B |
| Gif-sur-Yvette | 22,544 | 2.2 | A− | D | B+ | A+ |
| Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Yvelines | 7,747 | 2.4 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Saclay | 4,437 | 2.6 | A | D− | B+ | A+ |
| Bures-sur-Yvette | 9,548 | 2.9 | B | D | C | A |
| Buc Yvelines | 5,816 | 3.4 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villiers-le-Bâcle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7 recorded violent incidents and 17.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns. 98% of 363 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de la vallée de Chevreuse 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 Villiers-le-Bâcle grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Villiers-le-Bâcle is a commune of 1,031 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 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.