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A town of 1,566 in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
Luray’s strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.1 jobs per working resident; 13.0% unemployment. At €2,211/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Schools lag: bac results 2.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Luray 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.
The one thing Luray does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Luray 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.
Luray has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Luray as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Mézières-en-Drouais, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums and heritage in and near Luray. Best known first.
ChurchChapelle royale de Dreux2.8 km northwest, in Dreux
MuseumÉcomusée des Vignerons et Artisans Drouais2.9 km northwest, in Dreux
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Dreux2.3 km northwest, in DreuxChâteauChâteauChâteau de Comteville2 km north, in DreuxChurchChurchChapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Dreux2.5 km northwest, in DreuxMuseumMuseumLe Prix de la Liberté2.4 km north, in DreuxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Luray.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Luray, just over four fifths of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (84.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 74% of 340 candidates passed at the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km. The closest collège is 0.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre et Marie CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 76%+5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Édouard BranlyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 379 | 95%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 180 | 98%+3 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.
45 sales of houses and apartments in Luray, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,211/m². A house rents for an estimated €10.75/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.55/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€11.49/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,211/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
126 deaths in Luray between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 150: 16% below. In Eure-et-Loir, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Luray is Ch Dreux, 0.6 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Half of residents lived on more than €26,910 a year per consumption unit, higher than Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, a tenth of working residents in Luray went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, between Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). Typical age in Luray: 42, the median. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Luray | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Luray is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Luray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luray | 1,566 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Dreux | 31,543 | 1.4 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Vernouillet | 12,310 | 2.1 | D | C+ | C | C+ |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre | 4,058 | 7.4 | C− | B− | B+ | C− |
| Nogent-le-Roi | 4,021 | 8.1 | B+ | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Anet | 2,721 | 9.4 | C | C− | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets | 4,116 | 9.4 | C− | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Luray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns. 95% of 379 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Édouard Branly 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 €2,211/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Luray grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Luray is a commune of 1,566 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux. 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.