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Some 1,212 people live in this town, in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 46% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong (A−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. Cost of living is its weak spot (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Droue-sur-Drouette 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 Droue-sur-Drouette 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.
Droue-sur-Drouette has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Droue-sur-Drouette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Épernon, 1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Droue-sur-Drouette.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Eure-et-Loir live to 84.7 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 63 residents of Droue-sur-Drouette died, against 117 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 46% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Droue-sur-Drouette is Centre hospitalier de Rambouillet, 6.6 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
46 sales of houses and apartments in Droue-sur-Drouette, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,455/m². Among the homes sold, 96% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,455/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Droue-sur-Drouette is 97.0%, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Michel ChaslesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Joséphine BakerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 144 | 97%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Typical age in Droue-sur-Drouette: 50.1, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Droue-sur-Drouette | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
37.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (16.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 7.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Droue-sur-Drouette. Best known first.
MuseumConservatoire des meules et pavés du bassin d'Épernon1.9 km west, in Épernon
AbbeyPrieuré Saint-Thomas d'Épernon2 km west, in ÉpernonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sauvage3.8 km southeast, in ÉmancéHistoric houseHistoric houseMaison du mathématicien Michel Chasles1.6 km west, in ÉpernonMuseumMuseumMusée des meules et pavés1.9 km west, in ÉpernonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Morville3.4 km west, in HanchesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Droue-sur-Drouette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Droue-sur-Drouette yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droue-sur-Drouette | 1,212 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| Épernon | 5,715 | 1.1 | B+ | C | A− | C+ |
| Hanches | 2,696 | 2.2 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Gallardon | 3,530 | 5.5 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Maintenon | 4,494 | 5.5 | B+ | C | A− | C− |
| Pierres | 2,788 | 6.2 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Rambouillet Yvelines | 27,724 | 6.8 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Droue-sur-Drouette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,455/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Droue-sur-Drouette grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Droue-sur-Drouette is a commune of 1,212 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France. 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 4, 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.