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Home to 19,826 people, this town lies in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France.
With a D overall, Chevilly-Larue sits #32 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. On that grade it does better than 15% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 50% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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.
The 2 things Chevilly-Larue does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chevilly-Larue 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’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Chevilly-Larue; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
0.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Chevilly-Larue. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Sceaux4.3 km west, in Sceaux
GardenRoseraie du Val-de-Marne1.9 km west, in L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Art galleryMusée d'Art contemporain du Val-de-Marne3.2 km northeast, in Vitry-sur-Seine
MuseumMusée de l'Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris4.3 km north, in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
MuseumExploradôme3.5 km northeast, in Vitry-sur-SeinePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chevilly-Larue.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,550 a year. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Chevilly-Larue didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 40.1% of working residents in Chevilly-Larue 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.
A house in Chevilly-Larue goes for €4,907/m², an apartment for €3,482/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €19.83/m² a month, about level with Val-de-Marne’s towns (€20.46/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 13% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,907/m² | 53 |
| Apartments | €3,482/m² | 348 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 8.6 violent offenses and 20.8 graded property crimes a year. 2025 saw 603 offenses recorded in Chevilly-Larue. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Chevilly-Larue (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 armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Under 15: 20% of residents. 13% of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with Val-de-Marne’s towns (13%) and above compared French towns (11%). Also worth knowing: among adults, 37% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Chevilly-Larue | Val-de-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 43% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-de-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Chevilly-Larue, 89.8% passed the bac, below both Val-de-Marne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #30 of 47 in Val-de-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 119 | 76%−5 pts |
| Lycée Pauline RolandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 194 | 92%−3 pts |
| Collège Jules VallèsBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 133 | 87%+12 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.
Chevilly-Larue has 6 family doctors. In Val-de-Marne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.7 years for women and 82.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 1,320 residents of Chevilly-Larue died, against 1,377 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% 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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 0.6% of the total, lower than both Val-de-Marne’s towns (3.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Chevilly-Larue; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Église Sainte-Colombe: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Chevilly-Larue.
Roman Frayssinet: YanRB, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevilly-Larue | 19,826 | — | D | D | C− | B |
| L'Haÿ-les-Roses | 31,188 | 1 | C+ | D− | B | A |
| Thiais | 32,918 | 1.5 | C− | D− | C− | A− |
| Villejuif | 60,183 | 1.5 | D | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Rungis | 5,611 | 1.6 | C | D− | D− | A− |
| Vitry-sur-Seine | 93,963 | 1.9 | D | D− | C− | B− |
| Fresnes | 29,528 | 1.9 | C | D | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #36 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 113 burglaries and 198 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #30 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. 92% of 194 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Pauline Roland in 2025, 3 points 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 Chevilly-Larue grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Chevilly-Larue is a commune of 19,826 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.
