Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
4,038 people call this town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire home.
Buying in is costly (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime runs high: an average of 9.3 recorded violent incidents and 18.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is its strong suit — 1.9 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment. Walkability is a strength too (A) — 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at B−, better than 47% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #18 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Le Coudray does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Coudray 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Le Coudray has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
2.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Le Coudray. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres2.6 km north, in Chartres
MuseumMaison Picassiette2 km north, in Chartres
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres2.7 km north, in Chartres
MuseumCentre international du Vitrail2.7 km north, in Chartres
MuseumCompa, le musée de l'agriculture2.9 km northwest, in MainvilliersFortFortPorte Guillaume2.4 km north, in ChartresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Coudray.
20.4% 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%). Of those in the labour force, 8.1% are unemployed.
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.
Only one of the 33 towns in Eure-et-Loir costs more to buy into than Le Coudray, whose median sale is €2,610/m². The median price, €2,610/m², comes from 121 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. In Le Coudray, houses go for €2,667/m² and apartments for €2,559/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,667/m² | 63 |
| Apartments | €2,559/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
With 3,650 jobs for 1,900 working residents, Le Coudray draws people in from neighbouring communes. Recorded offenses locally came to 118 in 2025. Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.8% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #19 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away. At the five general lycées, 97% of 1,547 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée MarceauNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 364 | 98%±0 pts |
| Lycée Philibert de l'OrmeBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 85 | 87%+7 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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 301 deaths in Le Coudray from 2016 to 2025; there were 254, 16% fewer. 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. For a family doctor, residents of Le Coudray can choose among 3 GPs.
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 C+ to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 20th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 2.7% of the total, below both 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
Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and below compared French towns (17%). At 45, the median resident of Le Coudray sits in the middle of the age range. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Le Coudray | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Le Coudray has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Coudray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Coudray | 4,038 | — | B− | C | C | B |
| Luisant | 6,945 | 1.2 | B+ | C | B+ | A |
| Chartres | 38,324 | 1.4 | C | C | D | B− |
| Lucé | 15,921 | 2 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Mainvilliers | 10,629 | 2.4 | D | C | C+ | C |
| Champhol | 3,643 | 2.8 | B+ | B− | B− | B |
| Lèves | 5,685 | 3.4 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #24 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #19 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. 98% of 364 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marceau in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,610/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Coudray grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Le Coudray is a commune of 4,038 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole. 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.