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A town of 3,455 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Villeneuve-la-Guyard’s weakest subject is schools: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. The town grades C− overall, better than 16% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #17 of 19 in Yonne. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. At the median price of €1,869/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Yonne Nord. Fewer journeys need a car: 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 one thing Villeneuve-la-Guyard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villeneuve-la-Guyard 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 1 historic monument in Villeneuve-la-Guyard; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villeneuve-la-Guyard.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #18 of 18 in Yonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude DebussyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 78%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 10.7%, between Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €24,890 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 17.0% of working residents in Villeneuve-la-Guyard to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Yonne, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Villeneuve-la-Guyard records 98 deaths per 100 expected. For a family doctor, residents of Villeneuve-la-Guyard have one GP on hand.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
13% of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. Half of Villeneuve-la-Guyard is older than 42.3, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Villeneuve-la-Guyard; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Yonne costs more to buy into than Villeneuve-la-Guyard, at €1,869/m², the highest of 19. 99 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,869/m². Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,869/m² | 95 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
All told, Villeneuve-la-Guyard had 76 recorded offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 12 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8.7 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 · When sexual violence and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Villeneuve-la-Guyard. Best known first.
Villeneuve-la-Guyard has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Villeneuve-la-Guyard as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard | 3,455 | — | C− | C+ | B− | C |
| Cannes-Écluse Seine-et-Marne | 2,742 | 4 | — | C− | — | C |
| Saint-Germain-Laval Seine-et-Marne | 2,888 | 5.6 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Montereau-Fault-Yonne Seine-et-Marne | 22,279 | 6.1 | D | C− | C− | B− |
| Varennes-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 3,748 | 6.2 | D | C− | C− | C+ |
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 3,391 | 7.4 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| La Grande-Paroisse Seine-et-Marne | 2,893 | 8.1 | — | C− | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #5 of 19 in Yonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,869/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villeneuve-la-Guyard grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Villeneuve-la-Guyard is a commune of 3,455 people in the Communauté de communes Yonne Nord. 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.