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A town of 210 in Eure, Normandy.

Is Louye a good place to live?

Louye is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Louye stand out

The one thing Louye does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Domaine de Louye
Domaine de Louye · Inscrit · Photo: Guy NŒHRINGER · CC BY-SA 4.0
Louye’s story

Louye in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Louye, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1961.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1961First protected: Église Saint-Nicolas
  • 2002Most recently protected: Château de la Héruppe
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louye.

History

Louye keeps more of its old housing than Eure or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919

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

On this, Louye is above both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Louye, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit3
15th c.
oldest protected part
1961
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Children make up only 15% of Louye, fewer than in Eure’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Louye comes below both Eure’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9% of the town.

46.3median age
LouyeEure medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Louye
LouyeEure medianFrance median
Under 1515%18%17%
15–249%11%11%
25–4423%23%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+21%23%22%
No diploma12%25%19%
CAP or BEP32%28%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education33%23%30%

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

Work & commute

Louye is better off than Eure’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €27,930 a year per consumption unit

For Louye, that is above both Eure’s towns (€24,410) and compared French towns (€25,970). Louye has 0 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.1 per worker.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Public transport6%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Louye, 0.1 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Louye is €12.61/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€12.61/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Louye€12.61/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Eure median€11.69/m²
€12.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.44 to €15.23/m² a month)
€10.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Louye and 7 more in and around Louye

Heritage in and near Louye. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Louye

12pages on Louye

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Louye, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Nicolas: Photo: Guy NŒHRINGER · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Louye

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Louye yet.

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Louye’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 →
Saint-Rémy-sur-AvreDreuxVernouilletSaint-Lubin-des-JoncheretsÉzy-sur-EureAnetSaint-Rémy-sur-AvreDreuxVernouilletSaint-Lubin-des-JoncheretsÉzy-sur-EureAnetLouye
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Louye210—————
Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre Eure-et-Loir4,0584.6C−B−B+C−
Dreux Eure-et-Loir31,5434.8DC+DC−
Vernouillet Eure-et-Loir12,3105.1DC+CC+
Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets Eure-et-Loir4,1166.2C−BB+D
Ézy-sur-Eure3,6446.3C−CB+C
Anet Eure-et-Loir2,7216.7CC−B+C−

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

About Louye

Commune in Eure, Normandy

Louye is a commune of 210 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

Population
210 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux
Département
Eure (27)
Région
Normandy
Area
2 sq mi (5.3 km²)
INSEE code
27376

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 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.