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With 23,011 residents, it is a town in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
A town of contrasts. The weak point is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on safety: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 22.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Households here earn well: 3.4 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 48% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a B− overall and a rank of #54 of 91 in Yvelines. On that grade it does better than 48% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Vélizy-Villacoublay 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 3 things Vélizy-Villacoublay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vélizy-Villacoublay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Vauboyen, in Bièvres, 1.6 mi away.
0.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Vélizy-Villacoublay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vélizy-Villacoublay.
7.0% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €32,120 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 35.7% of working residents in Vélizy-Villacoublay went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €4,266/m², above both Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Vélizy-Villacoublay sell for €6,250/m² and apartments for €4,130/m². Among the homes sold, 19% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €6,250/m² | 95 |
| Apartments | €4,130/m² | 402 |
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.
Its care home for older people (88 places) counts its residents as Vélizy-Villacoublay’s; allowing for it, deaths were 23% below expected. 1,421 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,771: 20% below. At birth, a girl in Yvelines can expect 86.8 years and a boy 82.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Vélizy-Villacoublay can choose among 14 GPs.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
2025 saw 650 offenses recorded in Vélizy-Villacoublay. This Yvelines town has 38,650 jobs for 11,400 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
17% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Yvelines’ towns (20%). People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Vélizy-Villacoublay | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 32% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 52% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #42 of 94 in Yvelines.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maryse BastiéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 81%−12 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Thomas de Villeneuve PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 125 | 100%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Les Châtaigniers PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 33 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Vélizy-Villacoublay. Best known first.
AttractionGrande Écurie4.8 km northwest, in Versailles
MuseumMusée Lambinet5 km northwest, in Versailles
MuseumMusée français de la photographie3.7 km southeast, in Bièvres
MuseumGalerie des Carrosses4.8 km northwest, in Versailles
GardenDomaine de Madame Élisabeth3.5 km northwest, in VersaillesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
5 notable people were born in Vélizy-Villacoublay.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Vélizy-Villacoublay is a commune of 23,011 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP). 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vélizy-Villacoublay | 23,011 | — | B− | D | C− | A− |
| Jouy-en-Josas | 7,981 | 1.4 | B+ | D | B | A− |
| Viroflay | 17,237 | 1.5 | A− | D− | A− | A+ |
| Chaville Hauts-de-Seine | 20,594 | 1.8 | B | D− | B− | A− |
| Bièvres Essonne | 4,686 | 2.3 | B− | D | C+ | A |
| Versailles | 84,095 | 2.6 | A− | D− | B | A |
| Meudon Hauts-de-Seine | 46,334 | 2.7 | C+ | D− | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #88 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 53 burglaries and 272 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #42 of 94 in Yvelines. 100% of 125 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Thomas de Villeneuve in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vélizy-Villacoublay grades D for cost of living.
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 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.