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A town in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, home to 2,354 people.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its schools fall short: bac results 2.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.7 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: nearly three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Dadonville 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.
The 2 things Dadonville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dadonville 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.
Dadonville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Dadonville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1969.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dadonville.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,660/m², lower than both Loiret’s towns (€1,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 56 homes in Dadonville.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,660/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 76% passed the bac pro, of 145 candidates at 2 lycées. Near Dadonville, 89.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Loiret’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. At the general lycée, 95% of 325 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Mary JacksonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 71%−9 pts |
| Lycée Duhamel du MonceauNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 325 | 95%±0 pts |
| Collège Simone VeilBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 141 | 91%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The census found 9.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 9.2%, lower than both Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €26,500 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Dadonville is Château de Denainvilliers. 7.8% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than Loiret’s towns (8.5%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 199 deaths in Dadonville from 2016 to 2025; there were 178, 11% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 89 per 100 expected, near both Loiret’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88).
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, above both Loiret’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in Dadonville split evenly at 47.1: half are older, half younger. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Dadonville | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Dadonville was family violence (2025). Over 2025, Dadonville logged 23 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.3 cases of violence against people and 8.8 graded property crimes (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, 36.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Dadonville. Best known first.
Dadonville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Denainvilliers: Photo: Parisette · Public domain
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Dadonville yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadonville | 2,354 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Pithiviers | 8,856 | 0.9 | C− | B+ | D− | C+ |
| Puiseaux | 3,299 | 10 | B− | B | B | C+ |
| Le Malesherbois | 8,016 | 11 | C | B− | B− | C |
| Neuville-aux-Bois | 4,987 | 11 | B+ | A− | B | B |
| Le Mérévillois Essonne | 3,477 | 13 | B | C+ | A− | B |
| Loury | 2,616 | 14 | — | B− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dadonville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dadonville grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Dadonville is a commune of 2,354 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) · 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.