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With 320 residents, it is a town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
At under 1,000 residents, Le Gault-du-Perche is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 35% of homes. It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Le Gault-du-Perche does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Gault-du-Perche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bois-Ruffin, in Vald'Yerre, 2.7 mi away.
50% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Gault-du-Perche.
Children under 15 make up 14%, about level with Loir-et-Cher’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5% of the town. 21% of adults hold a degree.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Le Gault-du-Perche | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 9.4% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 100 residents in work, Le Gault-du-Perche has 50 jobs: 0.5 each. Bus, tram or train carried 3.5% of working residents in Le Gault-du-Perche to work at the census. At the census, 17.4% of working residents in Le Gault-du-Perche didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Le Gault-du-Perche recorded 25 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Le Gault-du-Perche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Le Gault-du-Perche 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Gault-du-Perche | 320 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vald'Yerre Eure-et-Loir | 3,609 | 7.1 | B | A | A− | C− |
| Brou Eure-et-Loir | 3,230 | 11 | B− | A− | C | C+ |
| Vibraye Sarthe | 2,523 | 12 | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières Eure-et-Loir | 5,607 | 14 | B | A | A− | B− |
| Cherré-Au Sarthe | 2,758 | 16 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Châteaudun Eure-et-Loir | 12,830 | 16 | B+ | A− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Le Gault-du-Perche is a commune of 320 people in the Communauté de communes des Collines du Perche. 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) · 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.