Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability: 15% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes change hands at a median €1,204/m².
Figures: 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Villemaury 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 Villemaury 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.
Dolmen sous tumulus: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Moulin à vent de Frouville-Pensier: Photo: Laurent Froumenty · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villemaury.
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Villemaury’s ages would predict, 130 per 100 expected, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
+30%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Villemaury have one GP on hand. In Eure-et-Loir, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 129 residents of Villemaury died, against 99 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted130
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Villemaury · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chateaudun
20.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Oreliance Longues Allees
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
On foot, Villemaury works less well than 97% of compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Per resident in work, Villemaury counts 0.5 jobs (300 jobs, 600 workers). Of those in the labour force, 7.1% are unemployed. At the census, 6.4% of working residents in Villemaury didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Villemaury, 0.5 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 3% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Villemaury costs less than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.58/m² a month
€1,204/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.21/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 49 homes were sold in Villemaury. That is the middle of 49 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,915/m² for the median of compared towns in Eure-et-Loir.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Villemaury€1,204/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,204/m²
49
€10.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.63 to €12.96/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Châteaudun
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Villemaury has fewer older residents than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 19% are 65 or over
45.8median age
Children under 15 make up 15%, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 12% of residents. Graduates make up a fifth of adults.
VillemauryEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Villemaury keeps more of its old housing than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 43% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Villemaury: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Pierre. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Villemaury is a commune of 1,283 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Châteaudun. 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
1,283 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Châteaudun
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
29.8 sq mi (77.3 km²)
INSEE code
28330
Villemaury’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villemaury
Is Villemaury safe?
Villemaury has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Villemaury expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villemaury grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
