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A town of 524 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.

Is Villette a good place to live?

Villette is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Villette’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Villette’s story

No historic monuments in Villette

The Culture ministry lists no building in Villette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Rosay, in Rosay, 1 mi away.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villette.

Who lives here

Children make up only 16% of Villette, fewer than in Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns

For Villette, that is below both Yvelines’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town.

45median age
VilletteYvelines medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education49%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Villette
VilletteYvelines medianFrance median
Under 1516%20%17%
15–2411%12%11%
25–4423%25%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+20%17%22%
No diploma11%13%19%
CAP or BEP19%16%26%
Baccalauréat17%16%18%
Higher education49%49%30%

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

Work & commute

Villette is better off than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €35,430 a year per consumption unit

Villette sits above both Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. 12.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Villette has 50 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.3 per worker.

12%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport10%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Villette, 0.3 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€35,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

73.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 13 points below the expected rate

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

That puts Villette below both Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

96%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Villette73.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Villette86.9%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège La VaucouleursNearest collègeCollègeCollège13973%−13 pts
Lycée Léopold Sédar SenghorNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée25396%±0 pts

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96%
passed the general and technological bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
77%
passed the vocational bac, −2.3 pts against the expected rate
73.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −13 pts against the expected rate
3 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 in Villette is €15.87/m² a month, against €18.40/m² in Yvelines’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

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

€15.87/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Villette€15.87/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yvelines median€18.40/m²
€15.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.43 to €18.76/m² a month)
€14.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château du Haut Rosay and 5 more in and around Villette

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Villette. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Villette

13pages on Villette

Landmarks

Nothing in Villette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Villette

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villette yet.

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Villette’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 →
MagnanvilleMantes-la-VilleBuchelayMantes-la-JoliePorchevilleMézières-sur-SeineMagnanvilleMantes-la-VilleBuchelayMantes-la-JoliePorchevilleMézières-sur-SeineVillette
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Villette524—————
Magnanville6,3833.4C+C−B+B
Mantes-la-Ville22,3323.8DC−C+B
Buchelay3,3604.1C−DDA−
Mantes-la-Jolie43,5265DC−CB−
Porcheville3,3825.1DC−C+C
Mézières-sur-Seine3,9235.3C+DA−B

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

About Villette

Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France

Villette is a commune of 524 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

Population
524 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Houdanais (CCPH)
Département
Yvelines (78)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
1.8 sq mi (4.6 km²)
INSEE code
78677

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.