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A town in Yvelines, Île-de-France, home to 1,603 people.
Households here earn well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. The weak point is schools — brevet results 6.6 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C+). Buying 70 m² at the median €3,551/m² takes 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Lévis-Saint-Nom 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 Lévis-Saint-Nom does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lévis-Saint-Nom 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.
Lévis-Saint-Nom has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Lévis-Saint-Nom has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lévis-Saint-Nom.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Lévis-Saint-Nom, 83.8% passed the brevet, about level with Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.2 mi away. The nearest collège is 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les MolièresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 178 | 89%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 4.8%. 15.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than Yvelines’ towns (35.4%) yet higher than compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Lévis-Saint-Nom didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 6.4% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in Lévis-Saint-Nom split evenly at 48.4: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Lévis-Saint-Nom | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 120 residents of Lévis-Saint-Nom died, against 140 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Women in Yvelines live to 86.8 on average and men to 82.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Lévis-Saint-Nom is Hopital Prive de L Ouest Parisien, 5.1 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €3,551/m², near Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Lévis-Saint-Nom: 40 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,551/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, gardens and museums in and near Lévis-Saint-Nom. Best known first.
Lévis-Saint-Nom has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Abbaye de Notre-Dame-de-la-Roche: Photo: ℍenry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lévis-Saint-Nom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lévis-Saint-Nom | 1,603 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Les Essarts-le-Roi | 6,831 | 1.1 | B | C− | B | A− |
| Coignières | 4,321 | 1.8 | C | D | D− | A+ |
| Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis | 7,276 | 2.3 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| La Verrière | 5,994 | 2.9 | C− | D | C | A |
| Maurepas | 20,629 | 3 | B− | D | B | A− |
| Le Perray-en-Yvelines | 6,480 | 3.7 | A− | C− | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lévis-Saint-Nom has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lévis-Saint-Nom grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Lévis-Saint-Nom is a commune of 1,603 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
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.