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Population 10,629: a town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
A tough set of grades. Incomes are on the low side (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 16.4% unemployment. It also trails on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 33% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at D, #27 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. Set against the rest, it does better than 15% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Mainvilliers 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 one thing Mainvilliers does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mainvilliers 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, 1.1 mi away.
2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Mainvilliers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mainvilliers.
16.4% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,140 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 18.8% of working residents in Mainvilliers to work at the census.
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.
The median price, €2,222/m², comes from 357 sales of houses and apartments in Mainvilliers from July 2023 to June 2026. A house in Mainvilliers goes for €2,315/m², an apartment for €2,089/m². The sales split: 55% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,315/m² | 196 |
| Apartments | €2,089/m² | 161 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Among adults, 30% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Mainvilliers | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #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 Jean MacéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 68%−12 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jehan de BeauceNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 325 | 95%−1 pt |
| 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.
Adjusted mortality in Mainvilliers: 95 deaths for every 100 expected. 773 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 815: 5% 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. For a family doctor, residents of Mainvilliers can choose among 16 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Mainvilliers. Over 2025, Mainvilliers logged 293 recorded offenses.
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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Mainvilliers. Best known first.
MuseumCompa, le musée de l'agriculturein town
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres1.9 km east, in Chartres
MuseumMaison Picassiette3.4 km east, in Chartres
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres1.8 km east, in Chartres
MuseumCentre international du Vitrail1.7 km east, in ChartresFortFortPorte Guillaume2.3 km east, in ChartresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Mainvilliers.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Mainvilliers is a commune of 10,629 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainvilliers | 10,629 | — | D | C | C+ | C |
| Lucé | 15,921 | 1.1 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Chartres | 38,324 | 1.5 | C | C | D | B− |
| Lèves | 5,685 | 1.5 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
| Luisant | 6,945 | 1.9 | B+ | C | B+ | A |
| Champhol | 3,643 | 2.1 | B+ | B− | B− | B |
| Le Coudray | 4,038 | 2.4 | B− | C | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #19 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 142 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #19 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. 95% of 325 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jehan de Beauce in 2025, a point 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 €2,222/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Mainvilliers grades C for cost of living.
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.