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This town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire has a population of 1,114.
Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well (C−): bac results 2.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.5 points below the expected rate. It skews young: 14% of residents are 15 to 24.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Sainte-Gemme-Moronval 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.
The one thing Sainte-Gemme-Moronval does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Gemme-Moronval 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.
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Gemme-Moronval as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Mézières-en-Drouais, 1.1 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums and heritage in and near Sainte-Gemme-Moronval. Best known first.
ChurchChapelle royale de Dreux3.4 km west, in Dreux
MuseumÉcomusée des Vignerons et Artisans Drouais3.6 km west, in Dreux
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Dreux3 km west, in DreuxChâteauChâteauChâteau de Comteville1.3 km northwest, in DreuxChurchChurchChapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Dreux3.2 km west, in DreuxMuseumMuseumLe Prix de la Liberté1.7 km northwest, in DreuxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Gemme-Moronval.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
50 deaths in Sainte-Gemme-Moronval between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 68: 27% below. Life expectancy in Eure-et-Loir: 84.7 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Gemme-Moronval is Ch Dreux, 1.2 mi away.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €11.90/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.61/m² a month, higher than Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€11.49/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 31 homes in Sainte-Gemme-Moronval.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,500/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Sainte-Gemme-Moronval, 89.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The bac pro: 74% of 340 candidates passed at the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km. The closest collège is 0.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Martial TaugourdeauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 86%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Édouard BranlyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 379 | 95%±0 pts |
| Collège Pierre et Marie CurieBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 105 | 76%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
38% of adults hold a degree, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents. Typical age in Sainte-Gemme-Moronval: 43.6, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Gemme-Moronval | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.7% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 11.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (16.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs based in Sainte-Gemme-Moronval number 350, against 500 residents in work (0.7 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sainte-Gemme-Moronval 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 Sainte-Gemme-Moronval yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Gemme-Moronval | 1,114 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Dreux | 31,543 | 1.8 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Vernouillet | 12,310 | 2.9 | D | C+ | C | C+ |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre | 4,058 | 7.8 | C− | B− | B+ | C− |
| Nogent-le-Roi | 4,021 | 8.3 | B+ | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Anet | 2,721 | 8.4 | C | C− | B+ | C− |
| Ézy-sur-Eure Eure | 3,644 | 9 | C− | C | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns. 95% of 379 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Édouard Branly in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Gemme-Moronval grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval is a commune of 1,114 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
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 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.