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Crécy-CouvéEure-et-Loir

With 255 residents, it is a town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Crécy-Couvé a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Crécy-Couvé has none. People aged 65 and over make up 31% of residents.

What makes Crécy-Couvé stand out

The one thing Crécy-Couvé does most differently from other towns.

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Machine et grille
Machine et grille · Inscrit · Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0
Crécy-Couvé’s story

Crécy-Couvé in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Crécy-Couvé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1999.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1992First protected: Ancien hôpital Saint-Jean
  • 1999The protected historic area is created
  • 2023Most recently protected: Ancien bailliage de justice
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Crécy-Couvé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

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Photo credits

Église paroissiale Saint-Eloi-Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien bailliage de justice: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien hôpital Saint-Jean: Photo: Guy NŒHRINGER · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Moulin de la Bellassière: Photo: GHENASSIA · CC0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crécy-Couvé.

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Crécy-Couvé, fewer than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns

49median age

Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents. A third of adults hold a degree, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Typical age in Crécy-Couvé: 49, the median.

Crécy-CouvéEure-et-Loir medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Crécy-Couvé
Crécy-CouvéEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Under 1513%17%17%
15–249.7%10%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+31%23%22%
No diploma19%27%19%
CAP or BEP26%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education33%21%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Crécy-Couvé: 40% were built before 1919, more than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns

8historic monuments

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

Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1999. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Crécy-Couvé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit8
15th c.
oldest protected part
1992
first monument protected
1999
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
40%
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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Crécy-Couvé walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 5.9%

6%walk, cycle or take transit

Half of residents lived on more than €28,710 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 8.3%.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport6%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Crécy-Couvé, 0.2 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,710
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 Crécy-Couvé costs less than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.77/m² a month

€10.77/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

The market in Crécy-Couvé: 19 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Crécy-Couvé€10.77/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€11.49/m²
€10.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €13.04/m² a month)
€9.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Crécy-Couvé

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About Crécy-Couvé

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

Crécy-Couvé is a commune of 255 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
255 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
2.6 sq mi (6.7 km²)
INSEE code
28117

Crécy-Couvé’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 →
VernouilletDreuxSaint-Rémy-sur-AvreChâteauneuf-en-ThymeraisSaint-Lubin-des-JoncheretsNogent-le-RoiVernouilletDreuxSaint-Rémy-sur-AvreChâteauneuf-en-ThymeraisSaint-Lubin-des-JoncheretsNogent-le-RoiCrécy-Couvé
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Crécy-Couvé255—————
Vernouillet12,3104.8DC+CC+
Dreux31,5436.1DC+DC−
Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre4,0586.3C−B−B+C−
Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais2,6416.5B−BBC−
Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets4,1167.4C−BB+D
Nogent-le-Roi4,02111B+B+B+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 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.