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1,450 people live in this town in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is another plus (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (D−). 11% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Les Villettes 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.
Each subject compares Les Villettes 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.
Les Villettes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Les Villettes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Villettes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean, in Beauzac, 4.1 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Les Villettes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Villettes.
The 65-and-over age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Residents of Les Villettes have a median age of 37.9. Graduates make up 30% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Les Villettes | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
2.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 7.4%. 300 jobs are based in Les Villettes, for 700 working residents (0.5 per worker). Also worth knowing: the typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,320 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.54/m² a month, near Haute-Loire’s towns (€8.91/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Les Villettes from July 2023 to June 2026: 37 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,927/m² | 37 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Les Villettes is Centre hospitalier de Firminy, 11.4 mi away. In Haute-Loire, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 3.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée général et technologique Léonard de VinciNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 299 | 96%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Les Villettes. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Villettes yet.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Villettes is a commune of 1,450 people in the Communauté de communes Marches du Velay-Rochebaron. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Villettes | 1,450 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon | 2,688 | 2.5 | — | A− | — | C |
| Sainte-Sigolène | 6,097 | 2.6 | A+ | A | A+ | B− |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire | 8,823 | 3.5 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Beauzac | 2,954 | 4 | — | A | — | C− |
| Bas-en-Basset | 4,638 | 5.3 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
| Saint-Didier-en-Velay | 3,523 | 6.4 | A+ | A | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Villettes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Villettes grades A− for cost of living.
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 8, 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.