Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,696 residents and lies in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
Where it does best is jobs & income (A) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Hanches has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Hanches does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hanches 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.
Hanches has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Hanches has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hanches.
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. One measure of family life: nearly a fifth of residents are under 15. Residents of Hanches have a median age of 42.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Hanches | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 30.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (16.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 5.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 178 residents of Hanches died, against 193 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Hanches records 92 deaths per 100 expected, near Eure-et-Loir’s towns (95) and higher than compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Hanches is Centre hospitalier de Rambouillet, 8.7 mi away. 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.96/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€11.49/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.78/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 69 homes were sold in Hanches.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,558/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 17th century. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, between Eure-et-Loir’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Hanches, 97.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #9 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. A collège lies 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 26 offenses in Hanches in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 1.7 violent offenses and 9.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Hanches (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (28.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Hanches. Best known first.
MuseumConservatoire des meules et pavés du bassin d'Épernon1.7 km east, in Épernon
AbbeyPrieuré Saint-Thomas d'Épernon1.8 km northeast, in ÉpernonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Morvillein townMuseumMuseumMusée des meules et pavés1.7 km east, in ÉpernonHistoric houseHistoric houseMaison du mathématicien Michel Chasles2.1 km east, in ÉpernonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Hanches has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Église Saint-Germain: Photo: Sarastro · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Hanches 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanches | 2,696 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Épernon | 5,715 | 1.3 | B+ | C | A− | C+ |
| Maintenon | 4,494 | 3.3 | B+ | C | A− | C− |
| Pierres | 2,788 | 4 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Gallardon | 3,530 | 5.5 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Nogent-le-Roi | 4,021 | 6.5 | B+ | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Rambouillet Yvelines | 27,724 | 8.9 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hanches has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #9 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Hanches grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Hanches is a commune of 2,696 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.
