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Home to 5,127 people, this town lies in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
At C overall, Villenoy ranks #50 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. Set against the rest, it does better than 33% of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on schools: bac results 1.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 37% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Villenoy 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 →
The 2 things Villenoy does most differently from other towns.
Villenoy has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2023.
Villenoy 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 Villenoy.
Under 15: 19% of residents. 14% of residents are 15 to 24, above both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in Villenoy split evenly at 36: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Villenoy | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 2,550 residents in work, Villenoy has 1,200 jobs: 0.5 each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,490 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 31.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
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.
In Villenoy, houses go for €3,077/m² and apartments for €3,573/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €16.89/m² a month, close to Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €14.01/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,077/m² | 84 |
| Apartments | €3,573/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Villenoy, 92.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%). The town’s schools place #10 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne on results. The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Parc FrotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 82%+2 pts |
| Lycée Pierre de CoubertinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 420 | 90%−5 pts |
| Collège Albert CamusBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 102 | 82%+9 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.
The protected list starts in the 20th century. Among the classé monuments in Villenoy is Abri antiaérien conique. The pre-1919 share of homes is 5.1%.
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.
Women in Seine-et-Marne live to 85.4 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 251 deaths in Villenoy from 2016 to 2025; there were 215, 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Villenoy is Centre hospitalier de Meaux site Saint Faron, 1.6 mi away.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
More of the graded crimes in Villenoy were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Violence against people ran at 5.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.7 (2023–2025 average). All told, Villenoy had 114 recorded offenses in 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 · For sexual violence and armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Villenoy. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Bossuet1.7 km northeast, in Meaux
MuseumMusée de la Grande Guerre du pays de Meaux3.9 km northeast, in MeauxAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Faron de Meaux2.3 km northeast, in MeauxAttractionAttractionThéâtre antique de Meaux2.5 km northeast, in MeauxAttractionAttractionUsine élévatoire de Trilbardou4.9 km west, in TrilbardouPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Villenoy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Villenoy is a commune of 5,127 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villenoy | 5,127 | — | C | D | B− | B |
| Mareuil-lès-Meaux | 3,345 | 1.4 | B | D | B− | A |
| Meaux | 56,905 | 1.5 | D | D | C | C |
| Nanteuil-lès-Meaux | 7,308 | 1.8 | C | D | B− | C |
| Crégy-lès-Meaux | 5,446 | 1.8 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Chauconin-Neufmontiers | 3,784 | 2.1 | C+ | D | C | B+ |
| Quincy-Voisins | 5,547 | 3.4 | B+ | D | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #58 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns and #10 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 90% of 420 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Pierre de Coubertin in 2025, 5 points below 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 Villenoy 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.