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Home to 295 people, this town lies in Yvelines, Île-de-France.

Is Milon-la-Chapelle a good place to live?

Milon-la-Chapelle isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Milon-la-Chapelle stand out

The one thing Milon-la-Chapelle does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Croix de cimetière
Croix de cimetière · Classé · Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Milon-la-Chapelle’s story

Milon-la-Chapelle in pictures

Milon-la-Chapelle has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1969First protected: Croix de cimetière
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Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Port-Royal-des-Champs à Magny-les-Hameaux and 19 more in and around Milon-la-Chapelle

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Milon-la-Chapelle. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Milon-la-Chapelle.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Milon-la-Chapelle than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.5%. Also worth knowing: among adults, 69% have a degree.

55.1median age
Milon-la-ChapelleYvelines medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP5%
Baccalauréat9%
Higher education69%

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Milon-la-Chapelle
Milon-la-ChapelleYvelines medianFrance median
Under 1512%20%17%
15–247.5%12%11%
25–4415%25%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+32%17%22%
No diploma15%13%19%
CAP or BEP5.1%16%26%
Baccalauréat9.3%16%18%
Higher education69%49%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Milon-la-Chapelle keeps more of its old housing than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: 41% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Milon-la-Chapelle is Croix de cimetière.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

1969
first monument protected
41%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Milon-la-Chapelle run higher than in both Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns: a median €43,640 a year per consumption unit

3.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 22.0% of commuters got to work without a car. Per resident in work, Milon-la-Chapelle counts 0.6 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers).

22%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving61%
Public transport19%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Bicycle3%
On foot0%
50
jobs based in Milon-la-Chapelle, 0.6 per working resident
3.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€43,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

90.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the eight collèges within 5 km, 4.4 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 1.8 mi to the nearest one.

94%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Milon-la-Chapelle90.1%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Milon-la-Chapelle93.5%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Pierre de CoubertinNearest collègeCollègeCollège16796%−1 pt
Lycée DescartesNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée30798%±0 pts

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94%
passed the general and technological bac, −3 pts against the expected rate
90.1%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4.4 pts against the expected rate
1.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Milon-la-Chapelle is €17.63/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 3 homes were sold in Milon-la-Chapelle. A house rents for an estimated €17.43/m² a month.

€17.63/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Milon-la-Chapelle€17.63/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yvelines median€18.40/m²
€17.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.52 to €21.41/m² a month)
€17.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Milon-la-Chapelle

13pages on Milon-la-Chapelle

Landmarks

Milon-la-Chapelle has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Croix de cimetière: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Milon-la-Chapelle

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Milon-la-Chapelle yet.

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Milon-la-Chapelle’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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ChevreuseSaint-Rémy-lès-ChevreuseVoisins-le-BretonneuxMagny-les-HameauxMontigny-le-BretonneuxGuyancourtChevreuseSaint-Rémy-lès-ChevreuseVoisins-le-BretonneuxMagny-les-HameauxMontigny-le-BretonneuxGuyancourtMilon-la-Chapelle
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Milon-la-Chapelle295—————
Chevreuse5,5021.5A−CAC−
Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse7,7472A−C−B−A
Voisins-le-Bretonneux10,6242A−D−B+A
Magny-les-Hameaux9,3862.1BDB+B
Montigny-le-Bretonneux32,4653.1B+D−BA
Guyancourt29,7783.1BDBA−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Milon-la-Chapelle

Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France

Milon-la-Chapelle is a commune of 295 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

Population
295 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse
Département
Yvelines (78)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²)
INSEE code
78406

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 9, 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.