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A town of 41,470 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France. Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 15% of residents.
Villepinte grades low on several counts. With a D− overall, Villepinte sits #27 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. That leaves it better than 3% of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is weaker too: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 14.7% unemployment. Its strongest subject is walkability — 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 41% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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.
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 Villepinte 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.
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The 2 things Villepinte does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Villepinte, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1993.
0.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Villepinte 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 Villepinte.
11% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 26% of adults, below Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The age that splits Villepinte in two is 32.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Saint-Denis 51.1%, France 51.8%.
| Villepinte | Seine-Saint-Denis median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 22% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 29% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 13% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 17% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Saint-Denis median and France median: the median of compared communes
14.7% of the labour force were unemployed, near Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (14.6%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €21,760 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 2.2% of working residents in Villepinte 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €18.83/m² a month, about level with Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (€19.44/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses sell for €3,143/m² in Villepinte, apartments for €2,527/m². Sales locally from July 2023 to June 2026: 759 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,143/m² | 377 |
| Apartments | €2,527/m² | 382 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Villepinte. 2025 saw 1,176 offenses recorded here. Graded property crimes ran at 20.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 10.7 (2023–2025 average).
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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Seine-Saint-Denis, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 1,831 residents of Villepinte died, against 1,750 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. For a family doctor, residents of Villepinte can choose among 16 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #24 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 98 | 81%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean RostandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 421 | 89%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Blaise CendrarsBest against expectations: 17 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 66 | 85%+17 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.
Homes from before 1919 make up 0.4% of the total, lower than both Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (2.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Villepinte. Best known first.
MuseumConservatoire Citroën3.9 km west, in Aulnay-sous-BoisAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Livry4.2 km south, in Livry-GarganGardenGardenParc des Sœurs2.4 km southwest, in SevranChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vaujours3.3 km southeast, in VaujoursChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Terrasse4.9 km south, in Clichy-sous-BoisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
36 notable people were born in Villepinte.
Alou Diarra: Stanislav Vedmid, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ibrahima Traoré: Heynckesjupp, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kenny Lala: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boukary Dramé: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Faitout Maouassa: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sigamary Diarra: User Kermaguer on Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/39839693@N04/, CC BY-SA 2.0
Commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Villepinte is a commune of 41,470 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villepinte | 41,470 | — | D− | D | C− | C− |
| Tremblay-en-France | 38,348 | 1.3 | D | D | C− | C |
| Sevran | 52,535 | 1.5 | D | C− | C− | C+ |
| Vaujours | 8,007 | 1.9 | D | D | D | B− |
| Aulnay-sous-Bois | 87,599 | 2.4 | D | D | D | B− |
| Mitry-Mory Seine-et-Marne | 20,456 | 2.7 | D− | D− | D | C− |
| Livry-Gargan | 47,228 | 2.8 | D | D | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #18 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 73 burglaries and 387 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #24 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. 89% of 421 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Rostand in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Villepinte 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 8, 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.