Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,816 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Buc grades A overall: better than 85% of compared French towns, and #8 of 91 in Yvelines. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 2.1 jobs per working resident; 5.9% 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 3 things Buc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Buc 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 1 historic monument in Buc: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1952.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Buc. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Versailles3.2 km north, in Versailles
AttractionPetit Trianon4.6 km north, in Versailles
AttractionGrand Trianon4.7 km north, in Versailles
AttractionHameau de la Reine4.9 km north, in Versailles
GardenJardin de Versailles3.8 km north, in VersaillesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buc.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Buc is below both Yvelines’ towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 426 residents of Buc died, against 545 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Buc comes above both Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Buc sell for €5,489/m² and apartments for €5,079/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,489/m² | 75 |
| Apartments | €5,079/m² | 98 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Buc, that is above both Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970). 35.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 87 offenses in the graded categories in Buc in 2025. For sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 4.6% of the index here. With 5,900 jobs for 2,750 working residents, Buc draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Buc: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Buc sits above both Yvelines’ towns (49%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Those 65 and older account for 20% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Buc | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.1% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 10% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 11% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 68% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Buc above both Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège franco-allemandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 100%±0 pts |
| Lycée Franco-AllemandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 168 | 100%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Les Châtaigniers PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 33 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Buc has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Aqueduc de Buc: Photo: ℍenry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Buc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buc | 5,816 | — | A | D | B+ | A+ |
| Versailles | 84,095 | 2.1 | A− | D− | B | A |
| Jouy-en-Josas | 7,981 | 2.2 | B+ | D | B | A− |
| Guyancourt | 29,778 | 2.7 | B | D | B | A− |
| Viroflay | 17,237 | 2.9 | A− | D− | A− | A+ |
| Vélizy-Villacoublay | 23,011 | 2.9 | B− | D | C− | A− |
| Saclay Essonne | 4,437 | 3.2 | A | D− | B+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #26 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #24 of 94 in Yvelines. 100% of 168 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Franco-Allemand in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €20.48/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Buc grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Buc is a commune of 5,816 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP). 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.