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A town of 2,284 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Where it does best is walkability — 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are a strength too (A−): brevet results 1.8 points above the expected rate. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Villers-sous-Saint-Leu 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 Villers-sous-Saint-Leu does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villers-sous-Saint-Leu 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.
Villers-sous-Saint-Leu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Villers-sous-Saint-Leu has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1944.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Villers-sous-Saint-Leu. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villers-sous-Saint-Leu.
Jobs located in Villers-sous-Saint-Leu: 400, for 1,100 residents in work (0.4 each). The jobless rate is 7.7%. At the census, 16.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, between Oise’s towns (17.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules VallèsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 89%+1 pt |
| Collège Sonia DelaunayBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 94%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
70 sales of houses and apartments in Villers-sous-Saint-Leu, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,626/m². Houses accounted for 73% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,733/m² | 51 |
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Villers-sous-Saint-Leu have one GP on hand. Average lifespans in Oise: 84.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 145 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 174: 17% 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 · 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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Villers-sous-Saint-Leu is Église Saint-Denis. 5.5% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Oise’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
18% are under 15, close to Oise’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 21% of the population. Villers-sous-Saint-Leu has a median age of 44.7 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Villers-sous-Saint-Leu | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Among the graded crimes in Villers-sous-Saint-Leu, the most frequent was family violence (2025). In 2025, 24 offenses were recorded locally. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.3 violent offenses and 9.6 graded property crimes a year.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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 (31.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The list names few of Villers-sous-Saint-Leu’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Denis: Photo: Pierre Poschadel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villers-sous-Saint-Leu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-sous-Saint-Leu | 2,284 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Saint-Leu-d'Esserent | 4,638 | 0.9 | C− | D− | C− | B− |
| Précy-sur-Oise | 3,332 | 1 | B | C− | A− | C− |
| Gouvieux | 8,867 | 2.1 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Saint-Maximin | 3,335 | 2.4 | D− | D− | D− | C− |
| Chantilly | 10,591 | 3.4 | C | D | D | B+ |
| Montataire | 14,257 | 3.8 | D− | D | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villers-sous-Saint-Leu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,626/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villers-sous-Saint-Leu grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Villers-sous-Saint-Leu is a commune of 2,284 people in the Communauté de communes Thelloise. 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.