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MérégliseEure-et-Loir

105 residents make their home in this town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Méréglise a good place to live?

Méréglise is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for one in ten homes. It skews young: 17% of residents are 15 to 24.

What makes Méréglise stand out

The 2 things Méréglise does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Méréglise
Château de Méréglise · Inscrit · Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
Méréglise’s story

Méréglise in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Méréglise; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2001.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2001First protected: Château de Méréglise
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Méréglise.

Who lives here

A young town: 17% of people in Méréglise are 15 to 24, more than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 21% of residents. Degrees are held by 27% of adults.

42median age
MérégliseEure-et-Loir medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP39%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Méréglise
MérégliseEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Under 1521%17%17%
15–2417%10%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+16%23%22%
No diploma14%27%19%
CAP or BEP39%27%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education27%21%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Méréglise keeps more of its old housing than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 44% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Méréglise; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
18th c.
oldest protected part
2001
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Méréglise than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8%

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Bicycle4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot0%
0
jobs based in Méréglise, 0.2 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 3 mi away.

87.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Méréglise87.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Marcel ProustNearest collègeCollègeCollège12087%−2 pts
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Méréglise than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.89/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Méréglise from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.

€8.89/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Méréglise€8.89/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€11.49/m²
€8.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.41 to €10.67/m² a month)
€8.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Méréglise and 2 more in and around Méréglise

Heritage and museums in and near Méréglise. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Méréglise

13pages on Méréglise

Landmarks

Méréglise has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de Méréglise: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Méréglise

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Méréglise yet.

How we find them →

Méréglise’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Eure-et-Loir →
Illiers-CombrayBrouCourville-sur-EureSaint-Georges-sur-EureBonnevalVald'YerreIlliers-CombrayBrouCourville-sur-EureSaint-Georges-sur-EureBonnevalVald'YerreMéréglise
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Méréglise105—————
Illiers-Combray3,2102.8CBCC−
Brou3,2305.4B−A−CC+
Courville-sur-Eure2,79111A−B+A−D
Saint-Georges-sur-Eure2,79712—B+—B
Bonneval4,86812B+A−CB−
Vald'Yerre3,60913BAA−C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Méréglise

Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire

Méréglise is a commune of 105 people in the Communauté de communes entre Beauce et Perche. 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

Population
105 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes entre Beauce et Perche
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
1.7 sq mi (4.5 km²)
INSEE code
28242

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.