Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,119 in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
It also does well on health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools lag (C): bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.2 points below the expected rate. Prices are high against local incomes (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Thivars 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.
Each subject compares Thivars 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.
Thivars 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 Thivars as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle dite des Trois-Maries, in Mignières, 1.7 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thivars.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 110 deaths in Thivars from 2016 to 2025; there were 89, 19% 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. 3 GPs practise locally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Thivars, 93.7% passed the bac, close to both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Jacques de compostelle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 97%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Silvia MonfortNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 287 | 94%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,710 a year per consumption unit, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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.
Behind the median of €2,054/m²: 45 houses and apartments sold in Thivars between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,054/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 18% of residents. Half of Thivars is older than 43.8, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Thivars | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Thivars is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Thivars.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thivars | 1,119 | — | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Luisant | 6,945 | 3.3 | B+ | C | B+ | A |
| Le Coudray | 4,038 | 3.9 | B− | C | C | B |
| Lucé | 15,921 | 3.9 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Chartres | 38,324 | 5 | C | C | D | B− |
| Mainvilliers | 10,629 | 5 | D | C | C+ | C |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure | 2,797 | 5 | — | B+ | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Thivars has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 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 31% of compared French towns. 94% of 287 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Silvia Monfort in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,054/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Thivars grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Thivars is a commune of 1,119 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
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 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.