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A town of 2,724 in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
Saint-Witz grades B− overall: better than 47% of compared French towns, and #5 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment.
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 Saint-Witz does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Witz 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Witz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fontaine à l'entrée du village, in Mortefontaine, 2.1 mi away.
1.6% 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 family days out in and near Saint-Witz. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Witz.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €17.72/m² a month, about level with Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 74 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Witz from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 86% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,224/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Val-d'Oise is 85.9 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 111 residents of Saint-Witz died, against 166 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Witz is Ch Ghpso Senlis, 7.4 mi away. The town has 3 family doctors.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Saint-Witz’s tally for 2025: 83 recorded offenses. Graded property crimes ran at 24.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.9 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, theft from vehicles led the graded crimes here.
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 other physical violence, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 make up 21%, near Val-d'Oise’s towns (21%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 16% of the population. Aged 15 to 24: 13% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Witz | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 13% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate comes to 6.8%. 17.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, between Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #2 of 76 in Val-d'Oise on results. At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Witz, 92.8% passed the bac, higher than Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Dominique PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 221 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée Léonard de VinciNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 227 | 93%−2 pts |
| Lycée Charles BaudelaireBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 126 | 88%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Witz 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 Saint-Witz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Witz | 2,724 | — | B− | D− | C− | A |
| Survilliers | 4,091 | 1.3 | D | D | D | D |
| Vémars | 3,124 | 1.5 | D | D− | D− | B− |
| Moussy-le-Neuf Seine-et-Marne | 3,253 | 2.4 | C+ | D− | B− | C− |
| Fosses | 10,570 | 2.7 | D | D− | C | B− |
| Marly-la-Ville | 6,022 | 2.9 | B− | D− | B− | B+ |
| La Chapelle-en-Serval Oise | 3,084 | 2.9 | C+ | C | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #63 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns and #2 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 93% of 227 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Léonard de Vinci in 2025, 2 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 Saint-Witz grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Saint-Witz is a commune of 2,724 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
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 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.