Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, this town has 28,622 residents.
Where it does best is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 74% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. With a B+ overall, Vanves is better than 73% of compared French towns and ranks #6 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine. Residents are healthier than most (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The catch is cost of living (D−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 15.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Vanves does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vanves 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Vanves has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
Wikidata records 5 people born in Vanves before 1900, the earliest Jules Falret, in 1824.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Vanves. Best known first.
AttractionTour Eiffel4.1 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionChamp-de-Mars3.9 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionHôtel des Invalides4.2 km northeast, in Paris 7e
ChâteauPalais du Luxembourg4.7 km northeast, in Paris 6e
AttractionJardin du Luxembourg4.5 km northeast, in Paris 6ePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vanves.
Half of residents lived on more than €34,820 a year per consumption unit, close to Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (€35,370) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Vanves holds 7,850 jobs; 14,300 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. The unemployment rate comes to 8.8%.
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 €7,953/m² in Vanves, apartments for €6,277/m². The median sale price was €6,370/m², above both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (€5,891/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Also worth knowing: 1,027 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €7,953/m² | 77 |
| Apartments | €6,277/m² | 950 |
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.
Its four care homes for older people (251 places) count their residents as Vanves’; allowing for them, deaths were 28% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 2,011 residents of Vanves died, against 2,514 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. At birth, a girl in Hauts-de-Seine can expect 87.6 years and a boy 83.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 18 general practitioners in the town.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Among adults, 64% have a degree. 18% of residents are 65 or over, between Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (22%). Vanves has a median age of 39.5.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hauts-de-Seine 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Vanves | Hauts-de-Seine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 29% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 11% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 9.4% | 10% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 13% | 18% |
| Higher education | 64% | 63% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hauts-de-Seine median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.2% of the total, higher than Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (5.2%) yet lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.7. 509 offenses were reported in Vanves during 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Vanves is 95.3%, higher than both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #2 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 88%−5 pts |
| Lycée MicheletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 380 | 98%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis ArmandBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 111 | 86%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Vanves has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Église Saint-Remy: Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lycée Michelet: Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 4.0
18 notable people were born in Vanves.
Gérard Jouannest: Erio Tac (Perpignan), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Léon Didier: Agence Rol, Public domain · André du Fresnois: Louise Ochsé, Public domain · Bernard Montagnana: Valentin Leforestier, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charles Hanouet: Agence Rol, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanves | 28,622 | — | B+ | D− | B | A |
| Malakoff | 30,557 | 0.5 | C+ | D− | C | B+ |
| Issy-les-Moulineaux | 67,669 | 1 | A− | D− | B | A |
| Châtillon | 36,705 | 1.2 | B+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Paris 15e Paris | 229,713 | 1.3 | B+ | D− | C+ | A |
| Montrouge | 46,324 | 1.4 | A− | D− | B | A |
| Paris 14e Paris | 136,455 | 1.8 | B | D− | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #6 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 107 burglaries and 205 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #2 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine. 98% of 380 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Michelet 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 Vanves grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France
Vanves is a commune of 28,622 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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.
