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A town of 1,139 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Nézel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 13.4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,073/m², a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Nézel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nézel 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Nézel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Béat, in Épône, 1.4 mi away.
16% 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 Nézel.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1 mi off. The bac pass rate near Nézel is 93.0%, about level with both Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Arthur RimbaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 187 | 72%−11 pts |
| Lycée Vincent Van GoghNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 375 | 93%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,073/m², comes from 40 sales of houses and apartments in Nézel from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 88% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,025/m² | 35 |
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Nézel’s deaths ran at 105 per 100 expected, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (76) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 72 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 76, 5% more. Also worth knowing: women in Yvelines live to 86.8 on average and men to 82.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 D− to B−.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 10% of the town. 14% of residents are 65 or over, below both Yvelines’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 37% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Nézel | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
15.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Yvelines’ towns (35.4%) but above compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 6.3%. 100 jobs are based in Nézel, for 550 working residents (0.2 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Gardens, heritage and museums in and near Nézel. Best known first.
Nothing in Nézel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nézel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nézel | 1,139 | — | — | D | — | D |
| Épône | 7,031 | 1.3 | C+ | D | B− | A− |
| Aubergenville | 12,723 | 1.5 | D | C− | B− | C |
| Mézières-sur-Seine | 3,923 | 2.1 | C+ | D | A− | B |
| Maule | 6,083 | 2.3 | B | B | B− | B |
| Gargenville | 7,869 | 3.2 | C− | D | B | B− |
| Juziers | 4,065 | 3.4 | C− | D | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nézel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 9 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 5% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,073/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nézel grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Nézel is a commune of 1,139 people in the Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise. 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.