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A town of 1,062 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire. 17% of residents are 15 to 24.
Ascoux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of 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.
The one thing Ascoux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ascoux 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Ascoux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Denainvilliers, in Dadonville, 1.5 mi away.
16% 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 Ascoux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loiret, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 91 residents of Ascoux died, against 80 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. The nearest emergency department to Ascoux is Centre hospitalier, 3 mi away.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Ascoux is 76.2%, lower than both Loiret’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 76% passed the bac pro, of 145 candidates at 2 lycées. The nearest general lycée is 3.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone VeilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 91%+4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean de la TailleNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 109 | 73%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
25 houses and apartments changed hands in Ascoux from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Loiret’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 20% of adults. Half of Ascoux is older than 43.4, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Ascoux | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
11.4% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Ascoux counts 0.9 jobs (400 jobs, 400 workers). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Ascoux went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, gardens and museums in and near Ascoux. Best known first.
Nothing in Ascoux 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 Ascoux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascoux | 1,062 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Pithiviers | 8,856 | 3.2 | C− | B+ | D− | C+ |
| Neuville-aux-Bois | 4,987 | 9.9 | B+ | A− | B | B |
| Loury | 2,616 | 11 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Puiseaux | 3,299 | 11 | B− | B | B | C+ |
| Traînou | 3,402 | 13 | A− | B | A+ | C |
| Le Malesherbois | 8,016 | 13 | C | B− | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ascoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 15.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Ascoux is a commune of 1,062 people in the Communauté de communes du Pithiverais. 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 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.