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Ville-d'AvrayHauts-de-Seine

A town of 11,089 in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France.

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Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine · Félix Potuit · Public domain

Is Ville-d'Avray a good place to live?

Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 48% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It is strong on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The median home sells for €5,382/m².

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. Ville-d'Avray has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

How Ville-d'Avray grades

Each subject compares Ville-d'Avray 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 grading works

Ville-d'Avray has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.

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What makes Ville-d'Avray stand out

The 2 things Ville-d'Avray does most differently from other towns.

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Fontaine du Roi
Fontaine du Roi · Classé · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ville-d'Avray’s story

Ville-d'Avray in pictures

Ville-d'Avray has 8 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

That’s 7.2 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 79% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.

Wikidata records 5 people born in Ville-d'Avray before 1900, the earliest Arthur de Gobineau, in 1816.

  • 1928First protected: Église Saint-Nicolas et Saint-Marc
  • 2024Most recently protected: Ancienne propriété de Camille Corot
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Landmarks

Ville-d'Avray has 8 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Nicolas et Saint-Marc: Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Villa Augier-Prouvost: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ville-d'Avray.

HousingCost of living D−

Renting in Ville-d'Avray costs an estimated advertised €22.77/m² a month, against €24.55/m² in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

€5,382/m²median sale price

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Houses in Ville-d'Avray sell for €8,487/m² and apartments for €5,163/m². Among the homes sold, 20% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 258 homes were sold in the town.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Ville-d'Avray€5,382/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hauts-de-Seine median€5,891/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€8,487/m²52
Apartments€5,163/m²206
€22.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€18.56 to €27.93/m² a month)
13.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€23.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole du Grand Paris

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income B+

Incomes in Ville-d'Avray run higher than in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €43,480 a year per consumption unit

48%walk, cycle or take transit

Of those in the labour force, 8.2% are unemployed. For its 5,200 residents in work, Ville-d'Avray has 1,800 jobs: 0.3 each. 3.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving41%
Public transport37%
Motorbike or scooter7%
On foot6%
Bicycle5%
1,800
jobs based in Ville-d'Avray, 0.3 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€43,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth A

Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Ville-d'Avray run lower than in 88% of compared French towns

−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Ville-d'Avray come to 72 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 839 residents of Ville-d'Avray died, against 1,047 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. In Hauts-de-Seine, women can expect to live 87.6 years and men 83.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Hauts-de-Seine town has 5 family doctors.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw80
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Ville-d'Avray · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghu Ap Hp Universite Paris Saclay site Raymond Poincare
1.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier des Quatre Villes
87.6 · 83.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hauts-de-Seine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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.

History

More protected monuments for its size in Ville-d'Avray than in Hauts-de-Seine or compared French towns: 7.2 per 10,000 residents

8historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Ville-d'Avray is Ancienne propriété de Camille Corot. This Hauts-de-Seine town has 8 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé4
Inscrit3
Level not given1
18th c.
oldest protected part
1928
first monument protected
5.7%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
7.2
monuments per 10,000 residents · median town 2.5

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

More people in Ville-d'Avray hold a degree than in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns or compared French towns: 71%

44.3median age

The share aged 15 to 24 is 13%. People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, above Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (16%) but below compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here.

Ville-d'AvrayHauts-de-Seine medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma7%
CAP or BEP7%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education71%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hauts-de-Seine 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ville-d'Avray
Ville-d'AvrayHauts-de-Seine medianFrance median
Under 1518%18%17%
15–2413%12%11%
25–4420%29%23%
45–6430%25%26%
65+19%16%22%
No diploma6.5%11%19%
CAP or BEP6.8%10%26%
Baccalauréat13%13%18%
Higher education71%63%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hauts-de-Seine median and France median: the median of compared communes

Schools

90.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the 36 collèges within 5 km, 5 points below the expected rate

97%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

On school results, the town ranks #16 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ville-d'Avray90.3%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Ville-d'Avray95.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège La Fontaine du RoyNearest collègeCollègeCollège13095%−2 pts
Lycée Jean-Pierre VernantNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée47296%−2 pts
Collège Henri DunantBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège4698%+15 pts

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97%
passed the general and technological bac, −0.9 pts against the expected rate
82%
passed the vocational bac, −2.5 pts against the expected rate
90.3%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −5 pts against the expected rate
0.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Safety

Ville-d'Avray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

The police record for Ville-d'Avray lists 145 offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 15.9. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage80
Burglary49
Vehicle theft16
Fraud93
Theft without violence61

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.

3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
145
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (26.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

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Nearby attractions

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Famous people from Ville-d'Avray

9 notable people were born in Ville-d'Avray.

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Photo credits

Boris Vian: Studio Harcourt, Public domain · Arthur de Gobineau: Paul Mahaut (Mathilde Sallier de La Tour, née Ruinart de Brimont), Public domain · Edmond Coignet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Robert Guillard: Pepys, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Edmond Joubert: Henri Demare, Public domain

About Ville-d'Avray

Commune in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France

Ville-d'Avray is a commune of 11,089 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

Population
11,089 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole du Grand Paris
Département
Hauts-de-Seine (92)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
1.4 sq mi (3.7 km²)
INSEE code
92077

Ville-d'Avray’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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SèvresChavilleGarchesVaucressonViroflaySaint-CloudSèvresChavilleGarchesVaucressonViroflaySaint-CloudVille-d'Avray
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ville-d'Avray11,089——D−—A
Sèvres22,3031.1B−D−CA
Chaville20,5941.1BD−B−A−
Garches17,7431.4B+D−B−A
Vaucresson8,4321.6—D−—A+
Viroflay Yvelines17,2371.7A−D−A−A+
Saint-Cloud29,8552BD−CA+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Ville-d'Avray

Is Ville-d'Avray safe?

Ville-d'Avray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 49 burglaries and 80 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Ville-d'Avray good?

They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #16 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine. 96% of 472 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean-Pierre Vernant in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Ville-d'Avray expensive to live in?

Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ville-d'Avray grades D− 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 9, 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.