Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Crime is low: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Nogent-le-Roi earns a B+, better than 72% of compared French towns. That places it #8 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. Prices are modest for what you get (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Nogent-le-Roi 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 Nogent-le-Roi.
History
Nogent-le-Roi is rich in protected monuments: 17 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
6 of the 7 are houses and mansions. Among the classé monuments in Nogent-le-Roi is Église Saint-Sulpice. The town has 7 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 5 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Nogent-le-Roi run higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (116 places) counts its residents as Nogent-le-Roi’s; allowing for it, deaths were 1% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 482 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 621, 29% more. The nearest emergency department to Nogent-le-Roi is Ch Dreux, 8.7 mi away. 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.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Nogent-le-Roi · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Dreux
8.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Dreux
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Nogent-le-Roi sees less crime per resident than 73% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 66 offenses in Nogent-le-Roi. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Nogent-le-Roi (2025).
5.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage30
Family violence15
Burglary13
Vehicle theft8
Armed robbery0
Fraud25
Theft without violence18
Drug use6
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.
5.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
66
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.0%
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 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, 9.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B+
Nogent-le-Roi’s median home price is €1,957/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Nogent-le-Roi sell for €2,057/m² and apartments for €1,786/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.57/m² a month. The sales split: 75% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,957/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Nogent-le-Roi€1,957/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,057/m²
110
Apartments
€1,786/m²
37
€11.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.42 to €13.97/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.57/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,530
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Nogent-le-Roi has 0.8 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
At the census, 9.8% of working residents in Nogent-le-Roi went to work by public transport. The median disposable income was €25,460 a year per consumption unit, close to both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 10.2%.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Public transport10%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,400
jobs based in Nogent-le-Roi, 0.8 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 66% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
24% of adults hold a degree, higher than Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). Nogent-le-Roi has a median age of 44.8 years. Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
44.8median age
Nogent-le-RoiEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Maison du 16e siècle, sise autrefois à Blévy, en face de l'église, dite Maison de Blévy: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: TCY · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Nogent-le-Roi
Is Nogent-le-Roi safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #8 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Nogent-le-Roi good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #8 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Nogent-le-Roi expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.47/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nogent-le-Roi grades B+ for cost of living.
About Nogent-le-Roi
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Nogent-le-Roi is a commune of 4,021 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France. 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
4,021 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France
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.
