Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Éole-en-Beauce 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 Éole-en-Beauce 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.
Église de la Folie-Herbault: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Sébastien: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Cambray: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Jean: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Éole-en-Beauce.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Éole-en-Beauce’s ages would predict, 107 per 100 expected, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 106 residents of Éole-en-Beauce died, against 99 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. The nearest emergency department to Éole-en-Beauce is Centre hospitalier de Chartres Louis Pasteur le Coudray, 16.1 mi away. 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Éole-en-Beauce · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Chartres Louis Pasteur le Coudray
16.1 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
Unemployment in Éole-en-Beauce, 5.3%, runs below Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
7%walk, cycle or take transit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.4% of commuters travelled at the census. The median disposable income was €26,590 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620). At the census, 8.1% of working residents in Éole-en-Beauce didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Éole-en-Beauce, 0.5 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 17% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
A home in Éole-en-Beauce sells for €1,270/m², less than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns
€1,270/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.54/m² a month, below both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€11.49/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.98/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 54 homes in Éole-en-Beauce.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Éole-en-Beauce€1,270/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,270/m²
54
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €12.60/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,950
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Beauce
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 21% of people in Éole-en-Beauce are under 15, more than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns
40.9median age
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8% of the town, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents. Graduates make up 27% of adults.
Éole-en-BeauceEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
19%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 111 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 Éole-en-Beauce: 43% were built before 1919, more than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Éole-en-Beauce is Église Saint-Jean. On the Culture ministry’s list, Éole-en-Beauce counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Éole-en-Beauce is a commune of 1,238 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Beauce. 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
1,238 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Beauce
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
40.2 sq mi (104.1 km²)
INSEE code
28406
Éole-en-Beauce’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Éole-en-Beauce
Is Éole-en-Beauce safe?
Éole-en-Beauce has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Éole-en-Beauce expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Éole-en-Beauce grades A− for cost of living.
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.
