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A town of 1,331 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Chapet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 50% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Chapet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chapet 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 Chapet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Verneuil-sur-Seine, 2.1 mi away.
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 Chapet.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
57 deaths in Chapet between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 114: 50% below. Life expectancy in Yvelines: 86.8 years for women and 82.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Chapet is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Meulan les Mureaux, 2.8 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €18.32/m² a month, about level with Yvelines’ towns (€18.40/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €15.97/m² a month. Sales in Chapet from July 2023 to June 2026: 32 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,076/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% of residents are children under 15. At 43, the median resident of Chapet sits in the middle of the age range. Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Chapet | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Yvelines’ towns (35.4%) but above compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Chapet: 150, for 600 residents in work (0.2 each). The jobless rate is 8.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Chapet is 95.7%, above Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 1.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léonard de VinciNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 84%−8 pts |
| Lycée François VillonNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 361 | 94%±0 pts |
| Lycée Jacques VaucansonBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 212 | 92%+18 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Chapet. Best known first.
Nothing in Chapet 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 Chapet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapet | 1,331 | — | — | D | — | A+ |
| Ecquevilly | 4,279 | 1.2 | C | D | C+ | C+ |
| Les Mureaux | 34,632 | 1.7 | C+ | C− | B | B− |
| Verneuil-sur-Seine | 16,280 | 1.8 | B | D | B | A |
| Vernouillet | 9,699 | 2.1 | B | D− | B | A− |
| Morainvilliers | 3,120 | 2.3 | C− | D− | B | B |
| Meulan-en-Yvelines | 8,950 | 3 | C− | C− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chapet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 14.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns. 94% of 361 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François Villon in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chapet grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Chapet is a commune of 1,331 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.