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The town has 962 residents and lies in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
Thiron-Gardais has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. The median home sells for €1,274/m². It skews older: nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Thiron-Gardais does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Thiron-Gardais counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1912.
Thiron-Gardais has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité et son collège: Photo: Thomas de Castilla · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thiron-Gardais.
The share of residents under 15 is 15%. People 65 and over make up 32% of the town, higher than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Thiron-Gardais | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 11% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Thiron-Gardais is Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité et son collège. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. 8.9% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than Eure-et-Loir’s towns (13%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Thiron-Gardais has 550 jobs for 300 working residents, 1.7 per worker. The median disposable income was €22,490 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.6% of working residents in Thiron-Gardais went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Thiron-Gardais recorded 33 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,274/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Thiron-Gardais yet.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Thiron-Gardais is a commune of 962 people in the Communauté de communes Terres de 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiron-Gardais | 962 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou | 9,292 | 8.2 | C+ | A− | C− | C+ |
| Brou | 3,230 | 10 | B− | A− | C | C+ |
| La Loupe | 3,191 | 11 | B− | A− | D | C− |
| Illiers-Combray | 3,210 | 11 | C | B | C | C− |
| Val-au-Perche Orne | 3,336 | 14 | A | A | B | A− |
| Courville-sur-Eure | 2,791 | 15 | A− | B+ | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 9, 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.