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1,935 people call this town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire home.
Morancez does especially well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too (C): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 4.6 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Morancez 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 Morancez 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.
Morancez has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Morancez, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1983.
Victor-Augustin Michel, born in 1828, is the one person born in Morancez before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Morancez. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres4.7 km north, in Chartres
MuseumMaison Picassiette4.2 km north, in Chartres
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres4.8 km north, in Chartres
MuseumCompa, le musée de l'agriculture4.8 km north, in Mainvilliers
MuseumCentre international du Vitrail4.8 km north, in ChartresFortFortPorte Guillaume4.6 km north, in ChartresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Morancez.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Eure-et-Loir, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 140 deaths in Morancez from 2016 to 2025; there were 103, 26% fewer. One GP practises here.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,323/m²: 36 houses and apartments sold in Morancez between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,305/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Morancez is 83.8%, about level with Eure-et-Loir’s towns (84.3%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 83% of 243 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. Collège pupils travel 1.4 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 88%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Silvia MonfortNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 287 | 94%−2 pts |
| 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Morancez has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 10.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (16.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 6.1%. For its 850 residents in work, Morancez has 400 jobs: 0.5 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
34% of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7% of the town, below both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in Morancez split evenly at 44.1: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Morancez | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Morancez has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Dolmen dit La Pierre qui Tourne: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Morancez.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morancez | 1,935 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Le Coudray | 4,038 | 1.4 | B− | C | C | B |
| Luisant | 6,945 | 1.7 | B+ | C | B+ | A |
| Lucé | 15,921 | 2.7 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Chartres | 38,324 | 2.8 | C | C | D | B− |
| Mainvilliers | 10,629 | 3.5 | D | C | C+ | C |
| Champhol | 3,643 | 4.2 | B+ | B− | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Morancez has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 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 33% of compared French towns. 94% of 287 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Silvia Monfort in 2025, 2 points 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 €2,323/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Morancez grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Morancez is a commune of 1,935 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
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.