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1,704 people call this town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire home.
Buying 70 m² at the median €2,570/m² takes 5.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays Houdanais (CCPH). The weak point is walkability (C−). One in ten homes here are second homes.
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. Boutigny-Prouais 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 2 things Boutigny-Prouais does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boutigny-Prouais 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.
Boutigny-Prouais has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Boutigny-Prouais, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Jacques Benoist, born in 1881, is the one person born in Boutigny-Prouais before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boutigny-Prouais.
7.5% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 7.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, 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
18% of residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). At 46.4, the median resident of Boutigny-Prouais sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Boutigny-Prouais | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Boutigny-Prouais, 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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,570/m², higher than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€1,915/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses were 98% of what sold. Boutigny-Prouais recorded 58 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,577/m² | 57 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Boutigny-Prouais is Ch Dreux, 8.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 104 residents of Boutigny-Prouais died, against 117 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Boutigny-Prouais records 89 deaths per 100 expected, about level with compared French towns (88) and below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (95). Also worth knowing: 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.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Boutigny-Prouais has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin du Mesnil-sur-Opton: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Boutigny-Prouais.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boutigny-Prouais | 1,704 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Houdan Yvelines | 3,721 | 4.3 | C− | C− | B− | D |
| Gambais Yvelines | 2,574 | 5.8 | — | B | — | A |
| Nogent-le-Roi | 4,021 | 6.4 | B+ | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Dreux | 31,543 | 9 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Hanches | 2,696 | 9.7 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Pierres | 2,788 | 9.8 | — | C+ | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Boutigny-Prouais 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 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Boutigny-Prouais grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Boutigny-Prouais is a commune of 1,704 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
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 8, 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.