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2,641 people call this town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire home.
Some subjects shine; others lag. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. With a B− overall, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais is better than 53% of compared French towns and ranks #15 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. At €1,714/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Its lowest grade is for health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre de Thimert, in Thimert-Gâtelles, 1 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais.
The median disposable income was €23,620 a year per consumption unit, about level with Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais counts 1.1 jobs (1,200 jobs, 1,050 workers). No commute at all: 4.3% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. After the care-home adjustment, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais’ deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 480 residents of Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais died, against 358 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% more. The nearest emergency department to Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais is Ch Dreux, 12.2 mi away.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,714/m², comes from 71 sales of houses and apartments in Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 86% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,744/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
26% of residents are 65 or over, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 18% have a degree. The median resident of Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais is 44.6 years old.
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 47 offenses recorded in the town. Violence against people ran at 6.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.9 (2023–2025 average).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 10.3% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #13 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. The nearest general lycée is 11.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la PajotterieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 86%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
3 notable people were born in Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais is a commune of 2,641 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais | 2,641 | — | B− | B | B | C− |
| Courville-sur-Eure | 2,791 | 9.1 | A− | B+ | A− | D |
| Senonches | 3,045 | 9.6 | B | A | B− | D |
| Vernouillet | 12,310 | 11 | D | C+ | C | C+ |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre | 4,058 | 12 | C− | B− | B+ | C− |
| Dreux | 31,543 | 12 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure | 2,797 | 12 | — | B+ | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #15 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #13 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,714/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais grades B for cost of living.
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 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.