Dampierre-en-Yvelines has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 8.2 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% 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.
Each subject compares Dampierre-en-Yvelines 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Château et domaine de Dampierre · Classé · Photo: Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dampierre-en-Yvelines’ story
Dampierre-en-Yvelines in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Dampierre-en-Yvelines: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2021.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Dampierre-en-Yvelines before 1900, the earliest Louis de Lorraine, in 1555.
2021First protected: Maison de Fer
2022Most recently protected: Château et domaine de Dampierre
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dampierre-en-Yvelines.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Dampierre-en-Yvelines sees fewer deaths than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: 58 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Dampierre-en-Yvelines below both Yvelines’ towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 61 residents of Dampierre-en-Yvelines died, against 106 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 42% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−42%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw58
Adjusted58
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Dampierre-en-Yvelines · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive de L Ouest Parisien
5.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de L Ouest Parisien
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Schools around Dampierre-en-Yvelines do less well than those of 94% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
82.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Dampierre-en-Yvelines, close to Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Dampierre-en-Yvelines keeps more of its old housing than Yvelines or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Dampierre-en-Yvelines comes above both Yvelines’ towns (5.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Dampierre-en-Yvelines: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Dampierre-en-Yvelines is Château et domaine de Dampierre.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Dampierre-en-Yvelines costs an estimated advertised €16.23/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.
€16.23/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Dampierre-en-Yvelines€16.23/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yvelines median€18.40/m²
€16.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.85 to €19.01/m² a month)
€15.89/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€38,610
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Dampierre-en-Yvelines is better off than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €38,950 a year per consumption unit
For Dampierre-en-Yvelines, that is above both Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.4% of the labour force are out of work. Dampierre-en-Yvelines has 150 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
Public transport11%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, 0.3 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€38,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Dampierre-en-Yvelines has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 6 offenses in the graded categories in Dampierre-en-Yvelines in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 63.4% of the index here.
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage6
Sexual violence0
Armed robbery0
Fraud10
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
63.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Dampierre-en-Yvelines: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Dampierre-en-Yvelines
Is Dampierre-en-Yvelines safe?
Dampierre-en-Yvelines has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 12.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Dampierre-en-Yvelines good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Dampierre-en-Yvelines
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Dampierre-en-Yvelines is a commune of 1,008 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse. 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
1,008 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse
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.
