Pontgouin’s strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (C−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for walkability. Second homes make up 10% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pontgouin 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 Pontgouin 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Ancien aqueduc de Pontgouin à Versailles (également sur communes de Maintenon et Berchères-Saint-Germain) · C… · Photo: Pucesurvitaminee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pontgouin’s story
Pontgouin in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Pontgouin counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Pontgouin before 1900, the earliest Louis-Édouard Pie, in 1815.
1910First protected: Ancien aqueduc de Pontgouin à Versailles (également sur com…
1987Most recently protected: Château de la Rivière
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pontgouin.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Pontgouin than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.00/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,362/m², below both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€1,915/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Pontgouin recorded 37 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,362/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pontgouin€1,362/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,362/m²
37
€9.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.50 to €10.81/m² a month)
3.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,330
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes entre Beauce et Perche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Pontgouin keeps more of its old housing than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Pontgouin is Ancien aqueduc de Pontgouin à Versailles (également sur communes de Maintenon et Berchères-Saint-Germain). On the Culture ministry’s list, Pontgouin counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Pontgouin sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 95 in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Eure-et-Loir can expect 84.7 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 133 deaths in Pontgouin from 2016 to 2025; there were 157, 18% more. The nearest emergency department to Pontgouin is Hopital Prive D Eure et Loir, 13.6 mi away. There is one general practitioner here.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Pontgouin · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive D Eure et Loir
16.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Chartres Louis Pasteur le Coudray
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up 20% of Pontgouin, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
25% of adults hold a degree, higher than Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 21% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town.
42.9median age
PontgouinEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Pontgouin gets a C− for jobs & income
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. No commute at all: 4.0% of working residents in Pontgouin at the census. The median disposable income is €25,120 a year per consumption unit.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Public transport8%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Pontgouin, 0.4 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,120
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 54% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Pontgouin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Pontgouin (2025). The 2025 count: 8 offenses locally. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.1 violent offenses and 7.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
4.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage8
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud9
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.
4.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
79.2%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 79.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de la Rivière and 3 more in and around Pontgouin
Château de la Rivière: Photo: Sybilledlr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien aqueduc de Pontgouin à Versailles (également sur communes de Maintenon et Berchères-Saint-Germain): Photo: Pucesurvitaminee · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pontgouin
Is Pontgouin safe?
Pontgouin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Pontgouin expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pontgouin grades A for cost of living.
About Pontgouin
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Pontgouin is a commune of 1,110 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
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.
