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Home to 1,019 people, this town lies in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
Garnay’s strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (D). Schools are weaker too: bac results 2.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.7 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €1,838/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Garnay 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.
The one thing Garnay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Garnay 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.
Garnay 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 Garnay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien hôtel de ville, dit Le Beffroi, in Dreux, 2.5 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums and heritage in and near Garnay. Best known first.
ChurchChapelle royale de Dreux4.1 km northeast, in Dreux
MuseumÉcomusée des Vignerons et Artisans Drouais3.7 km northeast, in Dreux
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Dreux3.8 km northeast, in DreuxChurchChurchChapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Dreux3.9 km northeast, in DreuxMuseumMuseumMusée du Rétro Mobile Club Drouais5 km northeast, in DreuxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garnay.
Unemployment stood at 9.2%, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.4% of commuters travelled at the census. Garnay has 150 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,760 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 74% of 340 candidates passed at the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km. At the lycées within 5 km of Garnay, 89.3% passed the bac, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Collège pupils travel 1.2 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nicolas RobertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 159 | 72%−8 pts |
| Lycée RotrouNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 388 | 94%−1 pt |
| Collège Pierre et Marie CurieBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 105 | 76%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 61 residents of Garnay died, against 76 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Garnay is Ch Dreux, 2.6 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children are 18% of the town. The median resident of Garnay is 48.4 years old.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Garnay | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
33 sales of houses and apartments in Garnay, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,838/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 33 homes were sold in the town. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.75/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,838/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Garnay. For 2025, the figures show 5 offenses in the town. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.9 cases of violence against people and 7.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 86.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Garnay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Garnay as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnay | 1,019 | — | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Vernouillet | 12,310 | 1.5 | D | C+ | C | C+ |
| Dreux | 31,543 | 2.6 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre | 4,058 | 5.9 | C− | B− | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets | 4,116 | 7.7 | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Nogent-le-Roi | 4,021 | 9.4 | B+ | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais | 2,641 | 9.7 | B− | B | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Garnay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. 94% of 388 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Rotrou in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,838/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.23/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Garnay grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Garnay is a commune of 1,019 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
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 October 30, 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.