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This town in Eure, Normandy has a population of 2,295.
Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest subject is schools: brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. Cost of living is weaker too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). La Couture-Boussey 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 La Couture-Boussey 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.
La Couture-Boussey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing La Couture-Boussey does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Couture-Boussey 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, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Couture-Boussey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Couture-Boussey.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near La Couture-Boussey, four fifths of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than both Eure’s towns (84.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest collège is 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude MonetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 80%−11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €26,970 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Eure’s towns (€24,410). Jobs located in La Couture-Boussey: 450, for 1,000 residents in work (0.5 each). No commute at all: 4.6% of working residents here at the census.
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.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.79/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. 88 houses and apartments changed hands in La Couture-Boussey from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,123/m² | 85 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in La Couture-Boussey split evenly at 45.8: half are older, half younger. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Couture-Boussey | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to La Couture-Boussey is Ch Dreux, 11.7 mi away. Its care home for older people (82 places) counts its residents as La Couture-Boussey’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. 334 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 275: 22% above. Women in Eure live to 84.7 on average and men to 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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.
The graded crime recorded most in La Couture-Boussey was family violence (2025). All told, La Couture-Boussey had 15 recorded offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.9 (2023–2025 average).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 33.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums and heritage in and near La Couture-Boussey. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau d'Ivry-la-Bataille4.4 km east, in Ivry-la-BatailleAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame d'Ivry4.8 km east, in Ivry-la-BatailleMuseumMuseumMusée du cinéma Jean Delannoy4.3 km northeast, in BueilMuseumMuseumMusée du Peigne et Parures3.7 km southeast, in Ézy-sur-EureChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Ezy4 km southeast, in Ézy-sur-EurePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
4 notable people were born in La Couture-Boussey.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
La Couture-Boussey is a commune of 2,295 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Couture-Boussey | 2,295 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Ézy-sur-Eure | 3,644 | 2.3 | C− | C | B+ | C |
| Ivry-la-Bataille | 2,609 | 2.8 | C− | C | A− | C− |
| Anet Eure-et-Loir | 2,721 | 3.4 | C | C− | B+ | C− |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure | 3,829 | 5.6 | B | B− | B+ | C− |
| Pacy-sur-Eure | 5,027 | 8.3 | C | C | B | D |
| Dreux Eure-et-Loir | 31,543 | 11 | D | C+ | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Couture-Boussey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.77/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Couture-Boussey grades C+ for cost of living.
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.