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2,167 residents make their home in this town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Fewer journeys need a car (A): just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Varreddes 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 Varreddes 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.
Varreddes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Varreddes does most differently from other towns.
Varreddes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Varreddes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Varreddes.
Unemployment stood at 8.0%, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,830 a year. Varreddes has 300 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
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.
83 sales of houses and apartments in Varreddes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,933/m². Among the homes sold, 90% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 83 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,933/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 23 offenses were recorded in Varreddes. Violence against people ran at 6.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.2 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence 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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft 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 (20.4% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) but above compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 19% of the population here. Line up the people of Varreddes by age and the one in the middle is 39.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Varreddes | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Varreddes, 88.7% passed the bac, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 2.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège George SandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 165 | 91%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du Gué à TresmesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 65 | 94%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Varreddes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (64 places) counts its residents as Varreddes’; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. 221 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 172: 28% above. Women in Seine-et-Marne live to 85.4 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Varreddes can choose among 3 GPs.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Varreddes yet.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Varreddes is a commune of 2,167 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varreddes | 2,167 | — | — | D | A− | B− |
| Crégy-lès-Meaux | 5,446 | 3.2 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Trilport | 5,146 | 3.3 | C− | D | C+ | C |
| Meaux | 56,905 | 3.6 | D | D | C | C |
| Chauconin-Neufmontiers | 3,784 | 4.4 | C+ | D | C | B+ |
| Lizy-sur-Ourcq | 3,627 | 4.5 | D− | C+ | D− | D |
| Villenoy | 5,127 | 4.7 | C | D | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. 94% of 65 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent du Gué à Tresmes in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,933/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Varreddes 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 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.