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Some 1,302 people live in this town, in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €3,429/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Les Bréviaires has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Les Bréviaires does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Bréviaires 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.
Les Bréviaires has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Les Bréviaires; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Bréviaires.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €15.89/m² a month. 31 houses and apartments changed hands in Les Bréviaires from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 84% of sales, apartments for the rest.
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 90 deaths in Les Bréviaires from 2016 to 2025; there were 74, 17% fewer. Average lifespans in Yvelines: 86.8 years for women, 82.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Les Bréviaires is Centre hospitalier de Rambouillet, 4.2 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town. 43% of adults hold a degree, lower than Yvelines’ towns (49%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Les Bréviaires | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Les Bréviaires has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, nearly a fifth of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs based in Les Bréviaires number 150, against 600 residents in work (0.2 per worker). Unemployment runs at 9.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11. In all, 18 offenses reached the police record in Les Bréviaires in 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, family violence came up most often (2025).
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (46.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Les Bréviaires. Best known first.
Les Bréviaires has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Borne armoriée: Photo: FCYPBA · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Bréviaires 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bréviaires | 1,302 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Le Perray-en-Yvelines | 6,480 | 2.1 | A− | C− | A | A− |
| Les Essarts-le-Roi | 6,831 | 3.6 | B | C− | B | A− |
| Montfort-l'Amaury | 2,779 | 4.5 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Rambouillet | 27,724 | 4.6 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Coignières | 4,321 | 5.6 | C | D | D− | A+ |
| La Queue-les-Yvelines | 2,629 | 6.7 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Bréviaires has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Bréviaires grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Les Bréviaires is a commune of 1,302 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rambouillet Territoires. 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 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.