Housing is within reach (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: nearly a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Dangeau 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.
Each subject compares Dangeau 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dangeau.
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Dangeau’s ages would predict, 119 per 100 expected, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Dangeau is Ch Chateaudun, 10.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 104 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 123, 19% more. At birth, a girl in Eure-et-Loir can expect 84.7 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises in the town.
+19%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted119
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Dangeau · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chateaudun
18.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Chartres Louis Pasteur le Coudray
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Fewer commuters in Dangeau walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 6.1%
11.7% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €25,750 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 2.7% of Dangeau’s working residents to work at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Dangeau, 0.3 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Dangeau keeps more of its old housing than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 36% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Dangeau is Église Saint-Georges. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Dangeau
Is Dangeau safe?
Dangeau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Dangeau expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,370/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Dangeau grades A for cost of living.
About Dangeau
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Dangeau is a commune of 1,259 people in the Communauté de communes du Bonnevalais. 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
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.
