Rugles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 18 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rugles 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Rugles records more crime per resident than 93% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 87 offenses in the graded categories in Rugles in 2025. Violence against people ran at 16.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 20 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.3% of the index here.
16.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage30
Other physical violence19
Burglary14
Sexual violence13
Family violence11
Fraud14
Theft without violence11
Drug use6
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.
16.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
87
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Rugles than in Eure’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.37/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Rugles is below both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,290/m², comes from 88 sales of houses and apartments in Rugles from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,290/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rugles€1,290/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure median€1,989/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,296/m²
86
€9.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.28 to €12.06/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Interco Normandie Sud Eure
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Rugles skews older, with 34% of residents 65 or over, more than Eure’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Rugles comes above both Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
53.3median age
RuglesEure medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Rugles’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 74% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 541 residents of Rugles died, against 376 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 44% more. Its two care homes for older people (144 places) count their residents as Rugles’; allowing for them, deaths were 3% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw144
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Rugles · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de L Aigle
5.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Aigle
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rugles has higher unemployment than Eure’s towns or compared French towns: 18.3%
For Rugles, that is above both Eure’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Rugles has 1,000 jobs for 700 working residents, 1.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €22,470 a year per consumption unit.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
Public transport9%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
1,000
jobs based in Rugles, 1.4 per working resident
18.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Rugles keeps more of its old housing than Eure or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Rugles sits above both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Rugles: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Rugles is Église Saint-Germain.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rugles
Is Rugles safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rugles good?
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rugles expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,290/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rugles grades A for cost of living.
About Rugles
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Rugles is a commune of 2,199 people in the Communauté de communes Interco Normandie Sud Eure. 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.
