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1,088 residents make their home in this town in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Where it does best is jobs & income — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment. Its weakest subject is schools — brevet results 17 points below the expected rate. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B for walkability.
Maulette 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 one thing Maulette does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Maulette 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.
Maulette has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Maulette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur et Saint-Christophe, in Houdan, 0.7 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maulette.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MauriacNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 187 | 76%−17 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 36% of adults. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, close to Yvelines’ towns (17%) and below compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 12% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Maulette | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,513/m², between Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Maulette recorded 31 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 90% were houses.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €31,520 a year per consumption unit, close to Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 7.9% are unemployed. At the census, 7.2% of working residents in Maulette didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Maulette is Ch Dreux, 11.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 69 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 61, 12% 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. The town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Maulette. Best known first.
AttractionDonjon de Houdan1.3 km west, in Houdan
ChâteauChâteau de Neuville4.6 km southeast, in GambaisChâteauChâteauChâteau de Richebourg4.2 km north, in RichebourgChâteauChâteauChâteau du Bourdonné4.5 km southeast, in BourdonnéPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Maulette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Maulette.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maulette | 1,088 | — | — | C | — | B− |
| Houdan | 3,721 | 0.8 | C− | C− | B− | D |
| Gambais | 2,574 | 2.6 | — | B | — | A |
| Garancières | 2,621 | 6.6 | — | C+ | — | C |
| La Queue-les-Yvelines | 2,629 | 6.9 | — | C | — | A− |
| Montfort-l'Amaury | 2,779 | 8.9 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Anet Eure-et-Loir | 2,721 | 9.2 | C | C− | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Maulette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 11.7 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 1% 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 Maulette grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Maulette is a commune of 1,088 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Houdanais (CCPH). 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 October 30, 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.