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Saint-Ouen-MarchefroyEure-et-Loir

290 residents make their home in this town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy has none. Holiday and other second homes account for 28% of homes.

What makes Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy stand out

The one thing Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Ouen
Église Saint-Ouen · Inscrit · Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy’s story

Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2017.

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

  • 1971First protected: Église Saint-Ouen
  • 1976Most recently protected: Propriété de la Tour de l'Ascanne
  • 2017The protected historic area is created
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy.

History

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

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The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy; none is classé, France’s top protection. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2017. The protected list starts in the 13th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
13th c.
oldest protected part
1971
first monument protected
2017
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

Degrees are more common in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or across compared French towns: 47% of adults

People aged 15 to 24 are 7.2% of the population. 18% are under 15, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). At 48, the median resident of Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy sits in the middle of the age range.

48median age
Saint-Ouen-MarchefroyEure-et-Loir medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education47%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy
Saint-Ouen-MarchefroyEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Under 1518%17%17%
15–247.2%10%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+23%23%22%
No diploma11%27%19%
CAP or BEP21%27%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education47%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy is better off than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €32,150 a year per consumption unit

Unemployment stood at 9.3%, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 150 residents in work, Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, 6.9% of working residents in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy didn’t travel to work at all.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport10%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy, 0.3 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy costs more than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.89/m² a month

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

Sales in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy from July 2023 to June 2026: 9 houses and apartments.

€14.89/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy€14.89/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€11.49/m²
€14.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.37 to €17.92/m² a month)
€12.90/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 Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy; none is classé, France’s top protection.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Ouen: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy

One notable person was born in Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy.

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Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy’s 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 →
Ivry-la-BatailleAnetÉzy-sur-EureHoudanGambaisGarancièresIvry-la-BatailleAnetÉzy-sur-EureHoudanGambaisGarancièresSaint-Ouen-Marchefroy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy290—————
Ivry-la-Bataille Eure2,6094C−CA−C−
Anet2,7214.1CC−B+C−
Ézy-sur-Eure Eure3,6445.4C−CB+C
Houdan Yvelines3,7215.5C−C−B−D
Gambais Yvelines2,5748.2—B—A
Garancières Yvelines2,62110—C+—C

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

About Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy

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

Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy is a commune of 290 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
290 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
3.6 sq mi (9.4 km²)
INSEE code
28355

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 8, 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.