At €2,150/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sours 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.
How Sours grades
Each subject compares Sours 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sours.
Who lives here
Children make up 20% of Sours, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
Among adults, 31% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.
41.2median age
SoursEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Sours sees 86 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 101 residents of Sours died, against 118 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Eure-et-Loir is 84.7 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 2 family doctors.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Sours · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Chartres Louis Pasteur le Coudray
4.1 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
Incomes in Sours run higher than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns: a median €29,240 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 5.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (16.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 7.3% of the labour force are out of work.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Sours, 0.4 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,240
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
HousingCost of living B−
Sours earns a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
45 sales of houses and apartments in Sours, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,150/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.67/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 45 homes were sold in the town.
€2,150/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sours€2,150/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,150/m²
45
€11.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.65 to €13.72/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.67/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,850
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sours
Is Sours safe?
Sours has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sours expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,150/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.50/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sours grades B− for cost of living.
About Sours
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Sours is a commune of 1,959 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole. 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.
