Marboué’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well (C) — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,132/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Marboué 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.
Each subject compares Marboué 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 6.1 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Marboué, 96.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. A collège lies 2.7 mi away.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Marboué’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 74% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. Adjusted for age and care homes, Marboué records 97 deaths per 100 expected, about level with Eure-et-Loir’s towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 104 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 101, 3% fewer.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Marboué · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chateaudun
23.1 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
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Marboué than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 5.9%
At the census, 3.1% of working residents in Marboué went to work by public transport. The median disposable income is €24,870 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 11.0%, near Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Marboué, 0.9 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Marboué keeps more of its old housing than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Marboué is Église Saint-Pierre. On the Culture ministry’s list, Marboué counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Marboué are 15 to 24: 9.3%, fewer than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. 21% of adults hold a degree, close to Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) and below compared French towns (30%). Ages in Marboué split evenly at 49: half are older, half younger.
49median age
MarbouéEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Marboué has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The commonest graded crime in Marboué was family violence (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 25 offenses here in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.6 violent offenses and 12.7 graded property crimes a year.
6.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence9
Criminal damage9
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
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.
6.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
40.9%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 40.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marboué
Is Marboué safe?
Marboué has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Marboué good?
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Marboué expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marboué grades A for cost of living.
About Marboué
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Marboué is a commune of 1,108 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Châteaudun. 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.
