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RouvresEure-et-Loir

The town, home to 802 people, lies in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Rouvres a good place to live?

Rouvres is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 12% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Rouvres stand out

The one thing Rouvres does most differently from other towns.

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Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Classé · Photo: Trisnap · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rouvres’ story

Rouvres in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Rouvres: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2014.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1992First protected: Église Saint-Martin
  • 2014The protected historic area is created
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Nearby attractions

Château d'Anet and one more in and around Rouvres

Heritage in and near Rouvres. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rouvres.

History

Rouvres keeps more of its old housing than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2014. Among the classé monuments in Rouvres is Église Saint-Martin.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1992
first monument protected
2014
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
33%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Rouvres is a graduates’ town: 39% hold a degree, more than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of residents, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Residents of Rouvres have a median age of 46.2. Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65.

46.2median age
RouvresEure-et-Loir medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education39%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Rouvres
RouvresEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Under 1517%17%17%
15–248.7%10%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+21%23%22%
No diploma13%27%19%
CAP or BEP23%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education39%21%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Rouvres run higher than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: a median €31,250 a year per consumption unit

7.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Rouvres holds 100 jobs; 400 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
Public transport10%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Rouvres, 0.3 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

80.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 9.6 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.1 mi off.

80.8%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Rouvres80.8%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège MozartNearest collègeCollègeCollège11779%−10 pts

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80.8%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −9.6 pts against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Rouvres is €12.61/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €11.16/m² a month. Sales in Rouvres from July 2023 to June 2026: 28 houses and apartments.

€12.61/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Rouvres€12.61/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€11.49/m²
€12.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.44 to €15.23/m² a month)
€11.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rouvres

13pages on Rouvres

Landmarks

Rouvres has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Trisnap · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Rouvres

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rouvres yet.

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Rouvres’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Eure-et-Loir →
AnetÉzy-sur-EureIvry-la-BatailleHoudanDreuxGambaisAnetÉzy-sur-EureIvry-la-BatailleHoudanDreuxGambaisRouvres
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Rouvres802—————
Anet2,7212.5CC−B+C−
Ézy-sur-Eure Eure3,6443.9C−CB+C
Ivry-la-Bataille Eure2,6094C−CA−C−
Houdan Yvelines3,7216C−C−B−D
Dreux31,5438.3DC+DC−
Gambais Yvelines2,5749.3—B—A

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Rouvres

Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire

Rouvres is a commune of 802 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux. 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
802 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
6.4 sq mi (16.5 km²)
INSEE code
28321

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.