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A town in Eure, Normandy, home to 1,996 people.
Where it does best is walkability: 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools lag (D−): brevet results 10.1 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,278/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes de Normandie. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Garennes-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.
The one thing Garennes-sur-Eure does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Garennes-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.
Garennes-sur-Eure has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Garennes-sur-Eure as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pyramide commémorative de la Bataille d'Ivry, in Épieds, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garennes-sur-Eure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Garennes-sur-Eure is 80.9%, below Eure’s towns (84.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. For collège, the closest is 2 mi away. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 11.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Lucie AubracNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 119 | 82%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Garennes-sur-Eure: 97 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 149 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 144, 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Garennes-sur-Eure is Centre hospitalier Francois Quesnay, 12.4 mi away. The town has one family doctor.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below both Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. Graduates make up 25% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Garennes-sur-Eure | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,278/m²: 65 houses and apartments sold in Garennes-sur-Eure between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.16/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 65 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,278/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.2% of people in the labour force have no job. Per resident in work, Garennes-sur-Eure counts 0.3 jobs (300 jobs, 900 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Garennes-sur-Eure. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau d'Ivry-la-Bataille3.3 km southeast, in Ivry-la-BatailleMuseumMuseumMusée des Instruments à vent2.6 km southwest, in La Couture-BousseyAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame d'Ivry3.5 km southeast, in Ivry-la-BatailleMuseumMuseumMusée du cinéma Jean Delannoy1.7 km north, in BueilChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Folletière3.8 km north, in NeuillyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Guainville3.1 km east, in GuainvillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Garennes-sur-Eure is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Garennes-sur-Eure as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garennes-sur-Eure | 1,996 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Ivry-la-Bataille | 2,609 | 1.9 | C− | C | A− | C− |
| Ézy-sur-Eure | 3,644 | 3.3 | C− | C | B+ | C |
| Anet Eure-et-Loir | 2,721 | 3.9 | C | C− | B+ | C− |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure | 3,829 | 7.2 | B | B− | B+ | C− |
| Pacy-sur-Eure | 5,027 | 7.7 | C | C | B | D |
| Bonnières-sur-Seine Yvelines | 5,064 | 11 | D | C | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Garennes-sur-Eure has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,278/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.77/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Garennes-sur-Eure grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Garennes-sur-Eure is a commune of 1,996 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes de Normandie. 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 October 30, 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.