Good value, with catches elsewhere. Overall, Nogent-le-Rotrou earns a C+: better than 44% of compared French towns, and #20 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. Its lowest grade is for safety — an average of 13.7 recorded violent incidents and 16.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walkability is its strong suit (A) — 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 32% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,300/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Perche.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Nogent-le-Rotrou 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-Rotrou.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More commuters in Nogent-le-Rotrou walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 31.7%
Nogent-le-Rotrou holds 7,000 jobs; 3,500 of its residents are in work, so 2 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 13.0%, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €23,460 a year per consumption unit.
32%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving61%
On foot19%
Public transport9%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
7,000
jobs based in Nogent-le-Rotrou, 2 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Nogent-le-Rotrou than in Eure-et-Loir or compared French towns: 13 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Nogent-le-Rotrou is Église Saint-Hilaire. The town has 12 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 8 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total, higher than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Nogent-le-Rotrou than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.65/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,300/m²: 384 houses and apartments sold in Nogent-le-Rotrou between July 2023 and June 2026. The split here: €1,447/m² for houses, €1,111/m² for apartments. Houses accounted for 70% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,300/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Nogent-le-Rotrou€1,300/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,447/m²
267
Apartments
€1,111/m²
117
€9.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.68 to €12.12/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,410
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Perche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Nogent-le-Rotrou runs higher than in 81% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 270 offenses in Nogent-le-Rotrou. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
13.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage101
Other physical violence44
Burglary41
Family violence35
Sexual violence22
Theft from vehicles14
Vehicle theft13
Drug use54
Theft without violence48
Fraud42
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.
13.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
270
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Nogent-le-Rotrou than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15
People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town. A fifth of adults hold a degree, about level with Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) and below compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Nogent-le-Rotrou by age and the one in the middle is 51.3.
51.3median age
Nogent-le-RotrouEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma33%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education20%
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
75.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 13.5 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #23 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. Near Nogent-le-Rotrou, 92.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the general lycée, 98% of 224 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Nogent-le-Rotrou sees more deaths than 58% 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. 1,574 deaths in Nogent-le-Rotrou between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,496: 5% above. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 91 per 100 expected, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (95) and close to compared French towns (88). For a family doctor, residents of Nogent-le-Rotrou can choose among 8 GPs.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Nogent-le-Rotrou · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Nogent le Rotrou Nouvel Hopital
32.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Aigle
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Église Saint-Hilaire: Photo: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison dite du Bailli: Photo: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château Saint-Jean: Photo: Caroline Ernesty · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne abbaye Saint-Denis: Photo: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gustave Le Bon: Arnopeters, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charles de Bourbon: Benjamin Foulon, Public domain · Camille Silvy: Camille Silvy, Public domain · Laurent Beauvais: Yoann Noël / http://www.region-basse-normandie.fr, Public domain · Adolphe Decroix: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · André Badin: Jc200360, CC BY-SA 3.0
Nogent-le-Rotrou’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Nogent-le-Rotrou
Is Nogent-le-Rotrou safe?
It grades C− for safety, #26 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 101 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Nogent-le-Rotrou good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #23 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Nogent-le-Rotrou expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,300/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nogent-le-Rotrou grades A− for cost of living.
About Nogent-le-Rotrou
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Nogent-le-Rotrou is a commune of 9,292 people in the Communauté de communes du 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
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.
