Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town in Yvelines, Île-de-France, home to 5,994 people. It skews young: 16% of residents are 15 to 24.
With a C− overall, La Verrière is better than 19% of compared French towns and ranks #77 of 91 in Yvelines. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on jobs & income: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 15.6% unemployment. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is another plus (A): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 42% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Verrière 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things La Verrière does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in La Verrière; none is classé, France’s top protection.
0.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
La Verrière has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château (ancien): Photo: Henry Salomé (Jaser !) 11:28, 27 October 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Verrière.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Yvelines live to 86.8 on average and men to 82.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 448 deaths in La Verrière between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 411: 9% above. The nearest emergency department to La Verrière is Hopital Prive de L Ouest Parisien, 2.2 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 41.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 15.6%, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
The median price, €3,404/m², comes from 50 sales of houses and apartments in La Verrière from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €15.21/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 80% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,690/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents. Children under 15 make up 22%, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). 27% of adults hold a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| La Verrière | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 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.
Near La Verrière, 90.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 0.7 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #61 of 94 in Yvelines.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège L'AgiotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 150 | 73%−17 pts |
| Lycée Dumont d'UrvilleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 155 | 93%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Louis BlériotBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 87 | 93%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in La Verrière. The police record for La Verrière lists 142 offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10.6 cases of violence against people and 15.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
La Verrière has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). 0.5% 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
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near La Verrière. Best known first.
Theme parkFrance miniature2.3 km north, in Élancourt
ChâteauCommanderie de la Villedieu1.2 km northeast, in Élancourt
MuseumMusée national de Port-Royal des Champs4.4 km east, in Magny-les-HameauxAttractionAttractionAbbaye de Port-Royal-des-Champs à Magny-les-Hameaux4.6 km east, in Magny-les-HameauxChâteauChâteauDonjon de Maurepas3.2 km northwest, in MaurepasPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Verrière yet.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
La Verrière is a commune of 5,994 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Verrière | 5,994 | — | C− | D | C | A |
| Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis | 7,276 | 0.9 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Maurepas | 20,629 | 1.1 | B− | D | B | A− |
| Élancourt | 26,365 | 1.3 | B | D | B | A− |
| Coignières | 4,321 | 1.6 | C | D | D− | A+ |
| Trappes | 34,689 | 2.1 | D | C− | C | C |
| Jouars-Pontchartrain | 6,039 | 3.5 | A− | C− | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #81 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns and #61 of 94 in Yvelines. 93% of 155 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Dumont d'Urville in 2025, a point below 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 €3,404/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Verrière grades D for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.