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Tillay-le-PéneuxEure-et-Loir

316 people call this town in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire home.

Is Tillay-le-Péneux a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Tillay-le-Péneux out for now. Second homes make up nearly a fifth of its housing.

What makes Tillay-le-Péneux stand out

The one thing Tillay-le-Péneux does most differently from other towns.

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Dolmen
Dolmen · Classé · Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tillay-le-Péneux’s story

Tillay-le-Péneux in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Tillay-le-Péneux counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1979.

50% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1980First protected: Tumulus mégalithique de Menainville
  • 1986Most recently protected: Château de Villeprévost
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Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Tillay-le-Péneux counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Tumulus mégalithique de Menainville: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Villeprévost: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tillay-le-Péneux.

History

Tillay-le-Péneux keeps more of its old housing than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 50% built before 1919

3historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The protected list starts in prehistory. Tombs and funerary monuments, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. On the Culture ministry’s list, Tillay-le-Péneux counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1979
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in Tillay-le-Péneux are 65 or over: 20%, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns

43median age

Just over a quarter of adults hold a degree, higher than Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Tillay-le-Péneux by age and the one in the middle is 43. People aged 15 to 24 are 10% of the population.

Tillay-le-PéneuxEure-et-Loir medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Tillay-le-Péneux
Tillay-le-PéneuxEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Under 1517%17%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4425%22%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+20%23%22%
No diploma25%27%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education26%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Tillay-le-Péneux than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 2.6%

3%walk, cycle or take transit

For its 150 residents in work, Tillay-le-Péneux has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. A tenth of people in the labour force have no job. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,200 a year.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Tillay-le-Péneux, 0.2 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
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 Tillay-le-Péneux costs less than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.54/m² a month

€10.54/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 11 homes were sold in Tillay-le-Péneux.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Tillay-le-Péneux€10.54/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€11.49/m²
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €12.60/m² a month)
€10.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

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About Tillay-le-Péneux

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

Tillay-le-Péneux is a commune of 316 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Beauce. 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
316 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Beauce
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
8.6 sq mi (22.3 km²)
INSEE code
28390

Tillay-le-Péneux’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 →
TouryChevillyLes Villages VovéensNeuville-aux-BoisAngervilleOrmesTouryChevillyLes Villages VovéensNeuville-aux-BoisAngervilleOrmesTillay-le-Péneux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Tillay-le-Péneux316—————
Toury2,6407.9A−BB+C−
Chevilly Loiret2,66310—B+—B+
Les Villages Vovéens4,00911B−BB+C
Neuville-aux-Bois Loiret4,98714B+A−BB
Angerville Essonne4,42815C−CB−C−
Ormes Loiret4,37615AC−A+B+

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

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 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.