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This town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire has a population of 2,788.
Fewer journeys need a car: 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 32% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,446/m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France. School results are strong: bac results 5 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pierres has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Pierres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pierres 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.
Pierres has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pierres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien aqueduc de Pontgouin à Versailles (également sur communes de Berchères-Saint-Germain et Pontgouin), in Maintenon, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Pierres. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Maintenon1.1 km southeast, in MaintenonManor houseManor houseSaint Mamert3 km east, in HanchesArt galleryArt galleryAtelier sun-hee LEE1 km southeast, in MaintenonManor houseManor houseManoir de Vacheresses4.3 km northwest, in Nogent-le-RoiAttractionAttractionMoulin de la Perruche4.2 km northeast, in Saint-Martin-de-NigellesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pierres.
The median disposable income was €29,350 a year per consumption unit, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 8.8%. Jobs based in Pierres number 650, against 1,200 residents in work (0.6 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RacineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 89%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Françoise d'Aubigné PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 50 | 96%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 29% of adults. The median resident of Pierres is 46.6 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pierres | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,446/m², comes from 84 sales of houses and apartments in Pierres from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 85% were houses. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.71/m² a month, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€11.49/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,423/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pierres is Hopital Prive D Eure et Loir, 10.6 mi away. 224 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 256: 12% below. Women in Eure-et-Loir live to 84.7 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 1.6 violent offenses and 6.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 22 offenses reached the police record in Pierres in 2025. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 38.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Pierres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pierres yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Pierres has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #5 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. At the collège (Collège Jean Racine), 89.0% passed the brevet, 3 points below the expected rate. 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 €2,446/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pierres grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Pierres is a commune of 2,788 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
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.