Health is a strength (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. Cost of living is weaker too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Abondant has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Abondant 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Abondant.
Schools
Exam results around Abondant trail 94% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Abondant, 83.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Eure-et-Loir’s towns (84.3%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). General-bac pupils go 4.1 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.6 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Abondant costs more than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.33/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,260/m²: 75 houses and apartments sold in Abondant between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 87% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 75 homes were sold here.
€2,260/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Abondant€2,260/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,292/m²
65
€13.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.05 to €16.06/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Abondant run higher than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €30,230 a year per consumption unit
The unemployment rate comes to 7.7%. 7.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (16.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Abondant number 350, against 1,150 residents in work (0.3 per worker).
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Abondant, 0.3 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Abondant, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Abondant has 3 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Eure-et-Loir is 84.7 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 348 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 268: 30% above.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Abondant · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Dreux
4.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Dreux
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Abondant are 65 or over: 18%, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). 31% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 10% of the town.
42.1median age
AbondantEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
3 historic monuments in Abondant, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 13% of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Abondant is Deux polissoirs. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 2 of 3.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Abondant
Is Abondant safe?
Abondant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Abondant good?
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Abondant expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,260/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Abondant grades C− for cost of living.
About Abondant
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Abondant is a commune of 2,434 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux. 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
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.
