Maintenon’s grades pull in different directions. Safety is its strong suit: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The drawback is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, better than 71% of compared French towns. That places it #9 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
Each subject compares Maintenon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maintenon.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Maintenon than in 81% of compared French towns
On the Safety Grade, Maintenon ranks 3rd of the 30 compared towns in Eure-et-Loir. The 2025 count: 55 offenses here. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage35
Burglary8
Family violence7
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud30
Theft without violence22
Drug use14
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.
4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
55
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
44.3% of commuters in Maintenon go to work without a car, more than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,060 a year. 1,300 jobs are based in Maintenon, for 2,000 working residents (0.6 per worker). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Maintenon didn’t travel to work at all.
44%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving52%
Public transport38%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,300
jobs based in Maintenon, 0.6 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: Maintenon is above 78% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Eure-et-Loir is 84.7 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted mortality in Maintenon: 99 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 562 residents of Maintenon died, against 471 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. The nearest emergency department to Maintenon is Hopital Prive D Eure et Loir, 10.8 mi away.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Maintenon · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive D Eure et Loir
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Chartres Louis Pasteur le Coudray
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Maintenon is 96.0%, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. On school results, the town ranks #5 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Homes in Maintenon sell for a median €2,422/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Maintenon, houses go for €2,456/m² and apartments for €2,277/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €12.92/m² a month, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€11.49/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €11.83/m² a month.
€2,422/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Maintenon€2,422/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,456/m²
110
Apartments
€2,277/m²
38
€12.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.24 to €16.31/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,850
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Maintenon has 2 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Maintenon is Ancien aqueduc de Pontgouin à Versailles (également sur communes de Berchères-Saint-Germain et Pontgouin). Homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Michel Joseph Maunoury: Unknown (Bain News Service, publisher), Public domain · Jean-François Collin d'Harleville: Jean-Jacques Karpff (1770-1829), Public domain · Étienne-Chérubin Leconte: Anonyme - Anonymous, Public domain · Robert Rimbaud: Menerbes, Public domain
Maintenon’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Maintenon
Is Maintenon safe?
It grades A− for safety, #3 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Maintenon good?
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #5 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Maintenon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Maintenon grades C for cost of living.
About Maintenon
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Maintenon is a commune of 4,494 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
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.
