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The town, home to 2,132 people, lies in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Work and incomes are strong (A): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment. Where it falls short is schools (C−) — bac results 5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.3 points below the expected rate. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on walkability as well (C) — 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Villevaudé 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 Villevaudé 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.
Villevaudé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Villevaudé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Furcy (ancienne) : partie subsistante, in Lagny-sur-Marne, 2.8 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Villevaudé. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Brou3.3 km southwest, in Brou-sur-ChantereineAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Pierre de Lagny4.6 km southeast, in Lagny-sur-MarneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Pomponne3.2 km southeast, in PomponneMuseumMuseumMusée Gatien-Bonnet4.4 km southeast, in Lagny-sur-MarneAttractionAttractionAccroCamp Paris - Jablines4.7 km east, in JablinesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villevaudé.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Villevaudé, 87.1% of collège pupils passed the brevet, higher than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away. At the two general lycées, 88% of 779 candidates passed the bac, 6.3 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les TilleulsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 139 | 84%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jehan de ChellesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 276 | 80%−14 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Louis LumièreBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 182 | 83%+4 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.
Behind the median of €3,075/m²: 70 houses and apartments sold in Villevaudé between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 83% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,912/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 12% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Villevaudé | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Just over one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 7.4%, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 172 deaths in Villevaudé from 2016 to 2025; there were 231, 35% more. In Seine-et-Marne, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Villevaudé is Hopital Prive de Marne Chantereine, 2.2 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Villevaudé show 42 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 18.5 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime in the town was theft from vehicles (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and burglary, 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, 22.8% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Villevaudé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villevaudé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villevaudé | 2,132 | — | — | C− | B− | B+ |
| Pomponne | 4,215 | 2 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Claye-Souilly | 13,353 | 2.4 | D | D− | D | C+ |
| Brou-sur-Chantereine | 5,196 | 2.5 | D− | D | C | D |
| Thorigny-sur-Marne | 10,440 | 2.6 | C− | D | C+ | B |
| Annet-sur-Marne | 3,408 | 2.6 | B | C− | B+ | A− |
| Vaires-sur-Marne | 13,931 | 2.8 | C+ | D− | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns. 80% of 276 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jehan de Chelles in 2025, 14 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 €3,075/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villevaudé grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Villevaudé is a commune of 2,132 people in the Communauté de communes Plaines et Monts de France. 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.