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Some 447 people live in this town, in Yvelines, Île-de-France.

Is Saint-Lambert a good place to live?

There are no grades for Saint-Lambert: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

Église et cimetière
Église et cimetière · Classé · Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Lambert’s story

Saint-Lambert in pictures

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

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1926First protected: Église et cimetière
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Nearby attractions

Prieuré Saint-Benoît and 12 more in and around Saint-Lambert

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Lambert. 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 (2)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Lambert.

History

Old homes shape Saint-Lambert: 28% were built before 1919, more than in Yvelines’ towns and across compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Lambert is Église et cimetière.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

1926
first monument protected
28%
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

Who lives here

Saint-Lambert is a graduates’ town: 64% hold a degree, more than in Yvelines’ towns and across compared French towns

Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, above Yvelines’ towns (17%) and close to compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. Children are 19% of the town.

46.6median age
Saint-LambertYvelines medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma7%
CAP or BEP14%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education64%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Lambert
Saint-LambertYvelines medianFrance median
Under 1519%20%17%
15–249.6%12%11%
25–4418%25%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+22%17%22%
No diploma6.9%13%19%
CAP or BEP14%16%26%
Baccalauréat13%16%18%
Higher education64%49%30%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Saint-Lambert run higher than in Yvelines’ towns and across compared French towns: a median €43,780 a year per consumption unit

6.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 13.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Jobs located in Saint-Lambert: 100, for 200 residents in work (0.6 each).

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
Public transport7%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Bicycle2%
100
jobs based in Saint-Lambert, 0.6 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€43,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

90.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the seven collèges within 5 km, 4.8 points below the expected rate

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

The bac pass rate near Saint-Lambert is 98.0%, above both Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.4 mi away.

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Lambert90.6%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Saint-Lambert98.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Saint-François d'Assise PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège23199%±0 pts
Lycée DescartesNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée30798%±0 pts

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98%
passed the general and technological bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
90.6%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4.8 pts against the expected rate
2.4 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 Saint-Lambert is €17.63/m² a month

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

The market in Saint-Lambert: 3 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €15.56/m² a month.

€17.63/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Lambert€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)
€15.56/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 Saint-Lambert

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Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Église et cimetière: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Lambert

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Lambert yet.

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Saint-Lambert’s neighbors

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

All towns in Yvelines →
ChevreuseVoisins-le-BretonneuxLe Mesnil-Saint-DenisSaint-Rémy-lès-ChevreuseMontigny-le-BretonneuxLa VerrièreChevreuseVoisins-le-BretonneuxLe Mesnil-Saint-DenisSaint-Rémy-lès-ChevreuseMontigny-le-BretonneuxLa VerrièreSaint-Lambert
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Lambert447—————
Chevreuse5,5022.1A−CAC−
Voisins-le-Bretonneux10,6242.5A−D−B+A
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis7,2762.8B+CA−B+
Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse7,7473.1A−C−B−A
Montigny-le-Bretonneux32,4653.1B+D−BA
La Verrière5,9943.2C−DCA

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

About Saint-Lambert

Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France

Saint-Lambert is a commune of 447 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
447 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse
Département
Yvelines (78)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
2.6 sq mi (6.6 km²)
INSEE code
78561

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 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.