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Berchères-sur-VesgreEure-et-Loir

The town, home to 862 people, lies in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Berchères-sur-Vesgre a good place to live?

Berchères-sur-Vesgre is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 11% of its housing.

What makes Berchères-sur-Vesgre stand out

The one thing Berchères-sur-Vesgre does most differently from other towns.

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Domaine du château du Herces
Domaine du château du Herces · Classé · Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
Berchères-sur-Vesgre’s story

Berchères-sur-Vesgre in pictures

Berchères-sur-Vesgre has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1887.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2013.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1887First protected: Menhir dit de la Ville-l'Evêque
  • 1950Most recently protected: Domaine du château du Herces
  • 2013The protected historic area is created
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Landmarks

Berchères-sur-Vesgre has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Menhir dit de la Ville-l'Evêque: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Domaine du château du Herces: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Berchères-sur-Vesgre.

History

Berchères-sur-Vesgre keeps more of its old housing than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919

2historic monuments

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

Among the classé monuments in Berchères-sur-Vesgre is Menhir dit de la Ville-l'Evêque. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2013.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1887
first monument protected
2013
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
23%
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

Berchères-sur-Vesgre has fewer young adults than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8% are 15 to 24

46.5median age

Degrees are held by 42% of adults. 19% are under 15, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town.

Berchères-sur-VesgreEure-et-Loir medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education42%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Berchères-sur-Vesgre
Berchères-sur-VesgreEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Under 1519%17%17%
15–246.8%10%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+21%23%22%
No diploma12%27%19%
CAP or BEP25%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education42%21%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Berchères-sur-Vesgre run higher than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €31,920 a year per consumption unit

13%walk, cycle or take transit

Unemployment runs at 6.4%. Berchères-sur-Vesgre holds 100 jobs; 400 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Berchères-sur-Vesgre didn’t travel to work at all.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
Public transport10%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Berchères-sur-Vesgre, 0.3 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,920
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

Housing

Renting in Berchères-sur-Vesgre costs more than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.89/m² a month

€14.89/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Berchères-sur-Vesgre from July 2023 to June 2026: 24 houses and apartments.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Berchères-sur-Vesgre€14.89/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€11.49/m²
€14.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.37 to €17.92/m² a month)
€11.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

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About Berchères-sur-Vesgre

Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire

Berchères-sur-Vesgre is a commune of 862 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

Population
862 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
28036

Berchères-sur-Vesgre’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 Eure-et-Loir →
HoudanAnetIvry-la-BatailleÉzy-sur-EureGambaisGarancièresHoudanAnetIvry-la-BatailleÉzy-sur-EureGambaisGarancièresBerchères-sur-Vesgre
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Berchères-sur-Vesgre862—————
Houdan Yvelines3,7214.6C−C−B−D
Anet2,7214.8CC−B+C−
Ivry-la-Bataille Eure2,6094.8C−CA−C−
Ézy-sur-Eure Eure3,6446.1C−CB+C
Gambais Yvelines2,5747.4—B—A
Garancières Yvelines2,6219.7—C+—C

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

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.