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12,530 people call this town in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France home.
More weak spots than strong ones. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1 job per working resident; 19.4% unemployment. Fewer journeys need a car: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 60% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,939/m² takes 7.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole du Grand Paris. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, better than 7% of compared French towns. It ranks #16 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. Safety is weaker too (D) — an average of 12.1 recorded violent incidents and 20.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Villetaneuse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villetaneuse 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Villetaneuse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse, in Montmagny, 0.6 mi away.
0.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Villetaneuse. Best known first.
ChurchBasilique Saint-Denis2.7 km southeast, in Saint-Denis
MuseumMusée d'art et d'histoire Paul Éluard2.9 km south, in Saint-Denis
MuseumMaison de Jean-Jacques Rousseau et Maison des Commères3.7 km northwest, in Montmorency
MuseumMusée Jean-Jacques-Rousseau3.7 km northwest, in MontmorencyChâteauChâteauFort de l'Est3.6 km southeast, in Saint-DenisChâteauChâteauFort de Montmorency5 km north, in MontmorencyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villetaneuse.
People 65 and over make up 12% of the town, below both Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (13%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 21% of adults. Villetaneuse has a median age of 33.2 years.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Saint-Denis 51.1%, France 51.8%.
| Villetaneuse | Seine-Saint-Denis median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 22% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 29% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 13% | 22% |
| No diploma | 36% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 17% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Saint-Denis median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Villetaneuse counts 1 jobs (4,500 jobs, 4,300 workers). The median disposable income was €18,390 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (€21,820) and compared French towns (€25,970). 1.7% of the town’s working residents had no journey 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.
97 sales of houses and apartments in Villetaneuse, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,939/m². A house in Villetaneuse goes for €3,200/m², an apartment for €2,651/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 97 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,200/m² | 51 |
| Apartments | €2,651/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 377 offenses were recorded in Villetaneuse. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 377 offenses in the graded categories locally 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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 77% passed the bac pro, of 1,653 candidates at 15 lycées. Results rank its schools #35 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean VilarNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 109 | 81%+15 pts |
| Lycée Jacques FeyderNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 457 | 91%+2 pts |
| Collège Alfred SisleyBest against expectations: 22 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 80 | 79%+22 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
4 GPs practise in Villetaneuse. Average lifespans in Seine-Saint-Denis: 85.7 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 615 residents of Villetaneuse died, against 631 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Nothing in Villetaneuse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Villetaneuse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villetaneuse | 12,530 | — | D | D | D | B |
| Montmagny Val-d'Oise | 15,105 | 0.9 | D | D | C | A− |
| Deuil-la-Barre Val-d'Oise | 23,099 | 1.2 | C | D | C | A |
| Épinay-sur-Seine | 52,833 | 1.5 | D− | D | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Denis | 149,077 | 1.5 | D− | D− | D− | B− |
| Villeneuve-la-Garenne Hauts-de-Seine | 26,021 | 1.6 | D− | D | C− | B− |
| Stains | 41,388 | 1.8 | D− | D | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #20 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 135 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #35 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. The lycée stands out: 91% of 457 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jacques Feyder in 2025, 2 points above 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 €2,939/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Villetaneuse grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Villetaneuse is a commune of 12,530 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
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.