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Boissy-sans-AvoirYvelines

Population 616: a town in Yvelines, Île-de-France.

Is Boissy-sans-Avoir a good place to live?

Boissy-sans-Avoir has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Boissy-sans-Avoir’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Boissy-sans-Avoir’s story

No historic monuments in Boissy-sans-Avoir

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in Autouillet, 2 mi away.

21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Nearby attractions

Musée international d'art naïf and 16 more in and around Boissy-sans-Avoir

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Boissy-sans-Avoir. 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 Boissy-sans-Avoir.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Boissy-sans-Avoir than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: 16% are under 15

19% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 47% of adults, lower than Yvelines’ towns (49%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: the median resident of Boissy-sans-Avoir is 48 years old.

48median age
Boissy-sans-AvoirYvelines medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education47%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Boissy-sans-Avoir
Boissy-sans-AvoirYvelines medianFrance median
Under 1516%20%17%
15–2411%12%11%
25–4420%25%23%
45–6435%26%26%
65+19%17%22%
No diploma14%13%19%
CAP or BEP21%16%26%
Baccalauréat14%16%18%
Higher education47%49%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Boissy-sans-Avoir run higher than in Yvelines’ towns and across compared French towns: a median €38,100 a year per consumption unit

Jobs located in Boissy-sans-Avoir: 100, for 300 residents in work (0.3 each). At the census, 12.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Yvelines’ towns (35.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
Public transport10%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot2%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Boissy-sans-Avoir, 0.3 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€38,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

97.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

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

A collège lies 3 mi away. At the general lycée, 96% of 330 candidates passed the bac, 2 points below the expected rate.

96%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Boissy-sans-Avoir97.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Boissy-sans-Avoir96.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Saint-Louis Notre-Dame du Bel Air PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège15897%−1 pt
Lycée Jean MonnetNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée33096%−2 pts
96%
passed the general and technological bac, −2 pts against the expected rate
96%
passed the vocational bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
97.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
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

Renting in Boissy-sans-Avoir costs an estimated advertised €15.73/m² a month, against €18.40/m² in Yvelines’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

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

A house rents for an estimated €15.15/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 19 homes in Boissy-sans-Avoir.

€15.73/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Boissy-sans-Avoir€15.73/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yvelines median€18.40/m²
€15.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.87 to €19.23/m² a month)
€15.15/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 Boissy-sans-Avoir

13pages on Boissy-sans-Avoir

Landmarks

Nothing in Boissy-sans-Avoir is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Boissy-sans-Avoir

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Boissy-sans-Avoir yet.

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Boissy-sans-Avoir’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 Yvelines →
La Queue-les-YvelinesGarancièresMontfort-l'AmauryVilliers-Saint-FrédéricBeynesNeauphle-le-ChâteauLa Queue-les-YvelinesGarancièresMontfort-l'AmauryVilliers-Saint-FrédéricBeynesNeauphle-le-ChâteauBoissy-sans-Avoir
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Boissy-sans-Avoir616—————
La Queue-les-Yvelines2,6291.6—C—A−
Garancières2,6211.9—C+—C
Montfort-l'Amaury2,7793A−C−B+A
Villiers-Saint-Frédéric3,3954.1AC−AA+
Beynes7,7044.7A−CA−C+
Neauphle-le-Château3,2504.9—C−—B

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

About Boissy-sans-Avoir

Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France

Boissy-sans-Avoir is a commune of 616 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur d'Yvelines. 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
616 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur d'Yvelines
Département
Yvelines (78)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²)
INSEE code
78084

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 November 9, 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.