Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 15,921 people, lies in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Work and incomes lag: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 15.8% unemployment. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,174/m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A+): 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 28% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at D, #28 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. That leaves it better than 12% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Lucé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lucé 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 →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lucé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église Sainte-Foy, in Chartres, 1.4 mi away.
0.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Lucé. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres2.5 km northeast, in Chartres
MuseumMaison Picassiette3.7 km east, in Chartres
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres2.6 km northeast, in Chartres
MuseumCompa, le musée de l'agriculture1.7 km northeast, in Mainvilliers
MuseumCentre international du Vitrail2.4 km northeast, in ChartresFortFortPorte Guillaume2.9 km northeast, in ChartresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lucé.
28.2% 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%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €21,450 a year per consumption unit.
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Lucé can choose among 12 GPs. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Lucé come to 98 per 100 predicted. 1,365 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,386: 2% below. 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.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The graded crime recorded most in Lucé was criminal damage (2025). Over 2025, Lucé logged 383 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 16.9.
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 · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #19 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. At the five general lycées, 97% of 1,547 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Petits SentiersNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 74%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Silvia MonfortNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 287 | 94%−2 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
409 sales of houses and apartments in Lucé, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,174/m². Houses in Lucé sell for €2,134/m² and apartments for €2,222/m². The sales split: 49% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,134/m² | 200 |
| Apartments | €2,222/m² | 209 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 21% have a degree. Lucé has a median age of 40.6 years. 22% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%).
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Lucé | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Lucé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Lucé.
Raoul Brandon: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucé | 15,921 | — | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Luisant | 6,945 | 1 | B+ | C | B+ | A |
| Mainvilliers | 10,629 | 1.1 | D | C | C+ | C |
| Chartres | 38,324 | 1.8 | C | C | D | B− |
| Le Coudray | 4,038 | 2 | B− | C | C | B |
| Lèves | 5,685 | 2.6 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
| Champhol | 3,643 | 2.9 | B+ | B− | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #23 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 155 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #19 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. 94% of 287 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Silvia Monfort in 2025, 2 points 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 €2,174/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lucé grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Lucé is a commune of 15,921 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 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.
