A strong record with one exception. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. It is easy to get around without a car: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €3,496/m²: 70 m² comes to 6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Gally Mauldre. What holds it back is schools: bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. The overall grade comes out at B, #43 of 91 in Yvelines. On that grade it does better than 60% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Maule 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maule.
Schools
Brevet results near Maule run low: 77.5% passed, below Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #81 of 94 in Yvelines. The bac pass rate near Maule is 93.0%, about level with both Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
93%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
18.9% of commuters in Maule walk, cycle or ride, against 35.4% in Yvelines’ towns and 13.4% in compared French towns
The median disposable income is €33,430 a year per consumption unit. 4.3% of Maule’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.7%, near Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
Public transport13%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,550
jobs based in Maule, 0.6 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€33,430
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 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Maule: 13% are 15 to 24, above Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, higher than Yvelines’ towns (17%) yet lower than compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 46% have a degree. Maule has a median age of 43.6 years.
43.6median age
MauleYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education46%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Maule sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 76 in Yvelines’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 7 general practitioners in Maule. In Yvelines, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 82.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 521 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 515: 1% above.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Maule · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Prive du Montgarde
6.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Meulan les Mureaux
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
9.2% of homes date from before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Maule is Église Saint-Nicolas. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk. The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Maule sees less crime than 53% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Maule (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 93 offenses here in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12.3.
8.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage36
Family violence19
Sexual violence14
Other physical violence11
Vehicle theft7
Theft from vehicles6
Armed robbery0
Drug use46
Fraud39
Theft without violence30
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.
8.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
93
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.3%
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 · For burglary, 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, 1.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Musée Victor Aubert and 3 more in and around Maule
Museums, gardens and heritage in and near Maule. Best known first.
Église Saint-Nicolas: Photo: Original téléversé par Spedona sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Jacques: Photo: Spedona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château Saint-Vincent: Photo: Spedona · CC BY-SA 3.0
Robert Charpentier: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain · Alain Maréchal: Robert-gil Barlat-Maréchal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Roger Cans: Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission ; scan par Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0
Maule’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Maule
Is Maule safe?
It grades B− for safety, #54 of 91 in Yvelines.
Are schools in Maule good?
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #81 of 94 in Yvelines. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Maule expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,496/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Maule grades B for cost of living.
About Maule
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Maule is a commune of 6,083 people in the Communauté de communes Gally Mauldre. 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
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.
