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Only 14% of residents are 65 or over. 1,335 residents make their home in this town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
Goussainville’s strongest is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.7% unemployment. The weak point is schools — brevet results 17 points below the expected rate. Most journeys need a car (C): 9% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is weaker too (C+) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 39% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Goussainville 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 Goussainville 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.
Goussainville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Goussainville does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Goussainville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château fort, in Houdan, 2 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Goussainville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Goussainville.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MauriacNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 187 | 76%−17 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. Children under 15 make up 21%, higher than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up nearly a third of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Goussainville | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.7% of the labour force were unemployed, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found 8.4% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Goussainville recorded 26 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 85% of what sold.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Goussainville is Ch Dreux, 8.7 mi away. 62 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 71: 12% below. 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.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Goussainville in 2025.
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
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Goussainville yet.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Goussainville is a commune of 1,335 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Houdanais (CCPH). 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goussainville | 1,335 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Houdan Yvelines | 3,721 | 2 | C− | C− | B− | D |
| Gambais Yvelines | 2,574 | 5.1 | — | B | — | A |
| Anet | 2,721 | 7.8 | C | C− | B+ | C− |
| Ivry-la-Bataille Eure | 2,609 | 9 | C− | C | A− | C− |
| Dreux | 31,543 | 9.1 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Ézy-sur-Eure Eure | 3,644 | 9.1 | C− | C | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Goussainville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 9, 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.