Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and B for jobs & income. Homes go for a median €1,927/m².
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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). Villemeux-sur-Eure 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.
What makes Villemeux-sur-Eure stand out
The 2 things Villemeux-sur-Eure does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villemeux-sur-Eure 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Villemeux-sur-Eure are out of work than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.4%
Half of residents lived on more than €28,080 a year per consumption unit, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Villemeux-sur-Eure: 200, for 850 residents in work (0.3 each). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.2% of commuters travelled at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport6%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Villemeux-sur-Eure, 0.3 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Villemeux-sur-Eure has a higher adjusted death rate than 59% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Eure-et-Loir live to 84.7 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 166 deaths in Villemeux-sur-Eure from 2016 to 2025; there were 151, 9% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Villemeux-sur-Eure records 91 deaths per 100 expected, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (95) and close to compared French towns (88). For a family doctor, residents of Villemeux-sur-Eure can choose among 5 GPs.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Villemeux-sur-Eure · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Dreux
5.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Dreux
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Villemeux-sur-Eure has fewer young adults than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 8.9% are 15 to 24
Among adults, 30% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 18%, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. 21% of residents have reached 65.
43.3median age
Villemeux-sur-EureEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villemeux-sur-Eure
Is Villemeux-sur-Eure safe?
Villemeux-sur-Eure has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Villemeux-sur-Eure expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villemeux-sur-Eure grades C for cost of living.
About Villemeux-sur-Eure
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Villemeux-sur-Eure is a commune of 1,780 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux. 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.
