Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 6,945 residents and lies in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. It does especially well on health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is a strength too (A) — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 0.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.7 points below the expected rate. The overall grade comes out at B+, #7 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. Nationally, it does better than 73% of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Luisant does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Luisant 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Luisant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôpital Saint-Brice, in Chartres, 1.4 mi away.
3.5% 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 Luisant. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres2.8 km northeast, in Chartres
MuseumMaison Picassiette3.3 km northeast, in Chartres
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres2.9 km northeast, in Chartres
MuseumCompa, le musée de l'agriculture2.4 km north, in Mainvilliers
MuseumCentre international du Vitrail2.8 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 Luisant.
Per resident in work, Luisant counts 0.7 jobs (2,000 jobs, 2,900 workers). At the census, 20.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The median disposable income was €28,080 a year per consumption unit, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
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. Adjusted mortality in Luisant: 70 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 742 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 536, 28% fewer.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
267 sales of houses and apartments in Luisant, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,425/m². Houses sell for €2,536/m² here, apartments for €2,005/m². Also worth knowing: of the homes sold, 73% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,536/m² | 195 |
| Apartments | €2,005/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km, 82% of 423 candidates passed the bac pro. The brevet pass rate near Luisant is 83.9%, about level with Eure-et-Loir’s towns (84.3%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Results rank its schools #19 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 88%−5 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
The commonest graded crime in Luisant was criminal damage (2025). Recorded offenses here came to 125 in 2025. Violence against people ran at 6.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.7 (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 vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Luisant in two is 46.5. The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Luisant | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Luisant is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Luisant.
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury: Bourgès-Maunoury_-_Levi_Eshkol_1958.jpg : YARON MIRLIN derivative work: Daffy123, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luisant | 6,945 | — | B+ | C | B+ | A |
| Lucé | 15,921 | 1 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Le Coudray | 4,038 | 1.2 | B− | C | C | B |
| Chartres | 38,324 | 1.8 | C | C | D | B− |
| Mainvilliers | 10,629 | 1.9 | D | C | C+ | C |
| Champhol | 3,643 | 3.2 | B+ | B− | B− | B |
| Lèves | 5,685 | 3.3 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #13 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 31 burglaries and 43 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.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,425/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Luisant grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Luisant is a commune of 6,945 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.