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3,360 residents make their home in this town in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
A tough set of grades. With a C− overall, Buchelay sits #80 of 91 in Yvelines. On that grade it does better than 17% of compared French towns. Where it falls short is schools: bac results 1.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,817/m² takes 7.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise. Its best grade is for walkability — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 9.3 recorded violent incidents and 27.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Buchelay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Buchelay 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 Buchelay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Anne-de-Gassicourt, in Mantes-la-Jolie, 1.6 mi away.
4% 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 Buchelay.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km, 76% of 397 candidates passed the bac pro. 87.4% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Buchelay, lower than both Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #80 of 94 in Yvelines on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis PasteurNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 84 | 52%−17 pts |
| Lycée Saint-ExupéryNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 453 | 95%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 29 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
120 offenses were reported in Buchelay during 2025. This Yvelines town comes 90th of the 91 compared towns in Yvelines on the Safety Grade. Jobs outnumber working residents in Buchelay (4,050 to 1,350): it draws people in from around. Also worth knowing: in 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 · Small counts of sexual violence and burglary go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Unemployment stood at 12.2%, above Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 25.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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.
61 sales of houses and apartments in Buchelay, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,817/m². The sales split: 79% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.81/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,885/m² | 48 |
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 261 deaths in Buchelay from 2016 to 2025; there were 275, 6% more. Its care home for older people (90 places) counts its residents as Buchelay’s; allowing for it, deaths were 22% below expected. There is one general practitioner here. Average lifespans in Yvelines: 86.8 years for women, 82.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
31% of adults hold a degree, below Yvelines’ towns (49%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 11% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Buchelay | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Buchelay. Best known first.
Nothing in Buchelay 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 Buchelay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchelay | 3,360 | — | C− | D | D | A− |
| Magnanville | 6,383 | 0.8 | C+ | C− | B+ | B |
| Mantes-la-Jolie | 43,526 | 1.2 | D | C− | C | B− |
| Mantes-la-Ville | 22,332 | 1.3 | D | C− | C+ | B |
| Rosny-sur-Seine | 7,328 | 2.5 | C− | C− | B | B |
| Limay | 17,885 | 2.8 | D | C− | C+ | C |
| Porcheville | 3,382 | 4.4 | D | C− | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #80 of 94 in Yvelines. The lycée stands out: 95% of 453 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Exupéry in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,817/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Buchelay grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Buchelay is a commune of 3,360 people in the Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise. 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.