La Celle-Saint-Cloud’s grades pull in different directions. The town grades B overall, better than 62% of compared French towns, and ranks #42 of 91 in Yvelines. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime runs high: an average of 7.5 recorded violent incidents and 18.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares La Celle-Saint-Cloud 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Pavillon du Butard situé dans la forêt domaniale de Fausses-Reposes · Classé · Photo: ℍenry Salomé (Jaser !) 07:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
La Celle-Saint-Cloud’s story
La Celle-Saint-Cloud in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Celle-Saint-Cloud: 2 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 1978.
2.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Hilaire Belloc, born in 1870, is the one person born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1978First protected: Château de la Celle
2024Most recently protected: Pavillon du Butard situé dans la forêt domaniale de Fausses…
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Celle-Saint-Cloud.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
On foot, La Celle-Saint-Cloud works better than 98% of compared French towns
Walking, cycling and public transport carried just over two in five commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €33,170 a year per consumption unit, close to Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: la Celle-Saint-Cloud has 3,450 jobs for 9,100 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
41%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving51%
Public transport35%
Motorbike or scooter5%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
3,450
jobs based in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, 0.4 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€33,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Renting in La Celle-Saint-Cloud costs more than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €21.55/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €4,192/m², comes from 502 sales of houses and apartments in La Celle-Saint-Cloud from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in La Celle-Saint-Cloud sell for €6,506/m² and apartments for €3,828/m².
€4,192/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Celle-Saint-Cloud€4,192/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€6,506/m²
156
Apartments
€3,828/m²
346
€21.55/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€17.79 to €26.11/m² a month)
8.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€23.89/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€35,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Adjusted for age and care homes, La Celle-Saint-Cloud sees fewer deaths than 89% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, La Celle-Saint-Cloud records 72 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,860 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,444, 22% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Yvelines is 86.8 years for women and 82.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 11 general practitioners locally.
−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw78
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in La Celle-Saint-Cloud · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Versailles Andre Mignot
1.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Versailles Andre Mignot
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
La Celle-Saint-Cloud has more crime per resident than 68% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in La Celle-Saint-Cloud was criminal damage (2025). The police record for La Celle-Saint-Cloud lists 488 offenses in 2025.
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage153
Burglary106
Family violence84
Other physical violence50
Vehicle theft45
Sexual violence26
Theft from vehicles24
Fraud154
Theft without violence82
Drug use63
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.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
488
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
La Celle-Saint-Cloud is a graduates’ town: 57% hold a degree, more than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents. Children under 15 make up 20%, close to Yvelines’ towns (20%) and above compared French towns (17%). 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
42.3median age
La Celle-Saint-CloudYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP13%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education57%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the 25 collèges within 5 km, 2.8 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 85% passed the bac pro, of 772 candidates at 9 lycées. The bac pass rate near La Celle-Saint-Cloud is 95.2%, above both Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #11 of 94 in Yvelines.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in La Celle-Saint-Cloud is Château de la Celle. Homes from before 1919 make up 2.2% of the total, below Yvelines’ towns (5.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Celle-Saint-Cloud: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Château de la Celle: Photo: Franck devedjian · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pavillon du Butard situé dans la forêt domaniale de Fausses-Reposes: Photo: ℍenry Salomé (Jaser !) 07:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from La Celle-Saint-Cloud
8 notable people were born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Celle-Saint-Cloud
Is La Celle-Saint-Cloud safe?
It grades C for safety, #79 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 106 burglaries and 153 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in La Celle-Saint-Cloud good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #11 of 94 in Yvelines. 96% of 316 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pierre Corneille in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Celle-Saint-Cloud expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,192/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Celle-Saint-Cloud grades D for cost of living.
About La Celle-Saint-Cloud
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
La Celle-Saint-Cloud is a commune of 20,460 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
Population
20,460 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP)
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.
