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BouquevalVal-d'Oise

A town of 314 in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.

Is Bouqueval a good place to live?

Bouqueval is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Bouqueval’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Bouqueval’s story

No historic monuments in Bouqueval

The Culture ministry lists no building in Bouqueval as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Le Plessis-Gassot, 0.9 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Nearby attractions

Château d'Écouen and 6 more in and around Bouqueval

Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Bouqueval. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bouqueval.

Who lives here

Few people in Bouqueval are 15 to 24: 9.3%, fewer than in Val-d'Oise’s towns and compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 22%, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. Graduates make up 32% of adults.

35.7median age
BouquevalVal-d'Oise medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bouqueval
BouquevalVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Under 1522%21%17%
15–249.3%12%11%
25–4428%26%23%
45–6423%25%26%
65+18%15%22%
No diploma26%17%19%
CAP or BEP22%20%26%
Baccalauréat13%19%18%
Higher education32%38%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

In Bouqueval, 17.1% of commuters go on foot, by bike or by public transport, against 38.0% in Val-d'Oise’s towns and 13.4% in compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €27,880 a year per consumption unit, about level with Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Bouqueval: 150, for 150 residents in work (0.8 each). No commute at all: 4.1% of working residents locally at the census.

17%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%
Public transport13%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Bouqueval, 0.8 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

76.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the 16 collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Near Bouqueval, 81.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 74% passed the bac pro, of 724 candidates at 5 lycées. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.3 mi away.

84%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Bouqueval76.9%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Bouqueval81.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège MontaigneNearest collègeCollègeCollège17472%−2 pts
Lycée Romain RollandNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée39785%−1 pt
Collège Georges CharpakBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège12479%+15 pts

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84%
passed the general and technological bac, −1.8 pts against the expected rate
74%
passed the vocational bac, +3 pts against the expected rate
76.9%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −0.1 pts against the expected rate
1.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Bouqueval is €17.34/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €18.00/m² a month. The market in Bouqueval: 8 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€17.34/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bouqueval€17.34/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Val-d'Oise median€18.09/m²
€17.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.43 to €20.83/m² a month)
€18.00/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bouqueval

13pages on Bouqueval

Landmarks

Nothing in Bouqueval is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Bouqueval

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bouqueval yet.

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Bouqueval’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Val-d'Oise →
GoussainvilleVilliers-le-BelGonesseÉcouenLe ThillayArnouvilleGoussainvilleVilliers-le-BelGonesseÉcouenLe ThillayArnouvilleBouqueval
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bouqueval314—————
Goussainville31,3011.8D−D−DC−
Villiers-le-Bel30,0531.8D−DC−C+
Gonesse27,7072.2D−D−DD
Écouen7,2022.2CD−CA−
Le Thillay4,5602.4D−D−C−C−
Arnouville15,0232.6D−D−C−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Bouqueval

Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France

Bouqueval is a commune of 314 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays 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

Population
314 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France
Département
Val-d'Oise (95)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.8 km²)
INSEE code
95094

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.