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4,545 residents make their home in this town in Essonne, Île-de-France.
With a B− overall, Villiers-sur-Orge is better than 53% of compared French towns and ranks #25 of 91 in Essonne. Where it does best is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Fewer journeys need a car: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest is cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Villiers-sur-Orge 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 no building in Villiers-sur-Orge as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de l'ancienne abbaye, actuellement basilique Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Garde, in Longpont-sur-Orge, 1.1 mi away.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Villiers-sur-Orge. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villiers-sur-Orge.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
4 GPs practise in Villiers-sur-Orge. In Essonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 189 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 290: 35% below.
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.
At the census, 23.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Essonne’s towns (25.8%) but above compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €31,710 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Villiers-sur-Orge counts 0.4 jobs (800 jobs, 2,150 workers). 7.1% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,372/m² in Villiers-sur-Orge, apartments for €2,863/m². The estimated advertised rent is €17.43/m² a month, close to Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €15.50/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,372/m² | 83 |
| Apartments | €2,863/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.2 mi away. The town’s schools place #43 of 94 in Essonne on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 221 | 81%−10 pts |
| Lycée du Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 174 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Jean MermozBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 72%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. 20% are under 15, near Essonne’s towns (20%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Villiers-sur-Orge | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 19.9. Police and gendarmerie figures for Villiers-sur-Orge show 124 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Villiers-sur-Orge is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Villiers-sur-Orge as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-sur-Orge | 4,545 | — | B− | D | C+ | A+ |
| Ballainvilliers | 4,904 | 1.1 | B− | D | C− | A+ |
| Longpont-sur-Orge | 6,482 | 1.1 | C | D | C | A− |
| Villemoisson-sur-Orge | 7,332 | 1.5 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Épinay-sur-Orge | 10,722 | 1.5 | C+ | D | C | A− |
| La Ville-du-Bois | 8,161 | 1.5 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Montlhéry | 9,772 | 1.8 | C+ | D | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #47 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 50 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #43 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 174 candidates passed the bac at Lycée du Sacré-Coeur in 2025, a point above 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-sur-Orge grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Villiers-sur-Orge is a commune of 4,545 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Essonne Agglomération. 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.