Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (C−): 47% 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Digny 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 Digny 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 Digny.
HealthHealth D−
Deaths in Digny run above what its ages would predict: 134 per 100 expected, more than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Eure-et-Loir, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 84 residents of Digny died, against 63 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% more. The nearest emergency department to Digny is Hopital Prive D Eure et Loir, 15.1 mi away.
+34%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw134
Adjusted134
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Digny · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive D Eure et Loir
17.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Dreux
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 C+
Fewer people in Digny are out of work than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.2%
At the census, 5.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (16.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €25,390 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Digny, 0.3 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 22% of people in Digny are under 15, more than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
15% of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.9% of residents, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults.
40.3median age
DignyEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Digny: 36% were built before 1919, more than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Digny, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Digny
Is Digny safe?
Digny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Digny 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 Digny grades A for cost of living.
About Digny
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Digny is a commune of 1,003 people in the Communauté de communes des Forêts du Perche. 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.
