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The town, home to 1,175 people, lies in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
Bailleau-l'Évêque’s strongest subject is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.1 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: just over three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bailleau-l'Évêque 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.
The one thing Bailleau-l'Évêque does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bailleau-l'Évêque 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.
Bailleau-l'Évêque has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bailleau-l'Évêque, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1976.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bailleau-l'Évêque.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
72 deaths in Bailleau-l'Évêque between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 98: 27% below. In Eure-et-Loir, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Eure-et-Loir town has 2 family doctors.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €30,290 a year per consumption unit. 6.5% 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%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bailleau-l'Évêque, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
24 houses and apartments changed hands in Bailleau-l'Évêque from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 19% of the population here. 34% of adults hold a degree, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Residents of Bailleau-l'Évêque have a median age of 46.5.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bailleau-l'Évêque | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Bailleau-l'Évêque has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Levesville: Photo: Art-news · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bailleau-l'Évêque 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailleau-l'Évêque | 1,175 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Lèves | 5,685 | 3.6 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
| Mainvilliers | 10,629 | 4 | D | C | C+ | C |
| Lucé | 15,921 | 4.6 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Champhol | 3,643 | 5.1 | B+ | B− | B− | B |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure | 2,797 | 5.2 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Chartres | 38,324 | 5.3 | C | C | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bailleau-l'Évêque has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Bailleau-l'Évêque is a commune of 1,175 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole. 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) · 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.