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A town of 200 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Ruan a good place to live?

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

Ruan’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ruan’s story

1 historic monument, the oldest from prehistory

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ruan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1987.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1987First protected: Dolmen de la Pierre Luteau
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ruan.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Ruan than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: 10% are under 15

Ruan sits below both Loiret’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town.

49.6median age
RuanLoiret medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma9%
CAP or BEP41%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ruan
RuanLoiret medianFrance median
Under 1510%18%17%
15–2412%10%11%
25–4423%23%23%
45–6428%25%26%
65+27%23%22%
No diploma9.3%21%19%
CAP or BEP41%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education25%30%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Ruan: 44% were built before 1919, more than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns

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

That puts Ruan above both Loiret’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ruan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1987
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 2.2% of commuters in Ruan go to work without a car, fewer than in Loiret’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Ruan is below both Loiret’s towns (13.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €29,040 a year per consumption unit. Ruan has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.3 per worker.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Ruan, 0.3 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

In the comparison, Ruan comes above both Loiret’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

93.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ruan93.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollègeCollège10093%+5 pts
93.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ruan than in Loiret’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.57/m² a month

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

For Ruan, that is below both Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€10.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ruan€10.57/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loiret median€11.99/m²
€10.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.56 to €13.06/m² a month)
€9.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ruan

13pages on Ruan

Landmarks

Ruan has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Famous people from Ruan

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Ruan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Ruan’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 Loiret →
ChevillyTouryNeuville-aux-BoisLourySaranFleury-les-AubraisChevillyTouryNeuville-aux-BoisLourySaranFleury-les-AubraisRuan
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ruan200—————
Chevilly2,6635.7—B+—B+
Toury Eure-et-Loir2,6405.9A−BB+C−
Neuville-aux-Bois4,9876.6B+A−BB
Loury2,61611—B−—A−
Saran17,31612CCC−C+
Fleury-les-Aubrais21,80412CC+CB

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

About Ruan

Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire

Ruan is a commune of 200 people in the Communauté de communes de la Beauce Loirétaine. 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
200 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Beauce Loirétaine
Département
Loiret (45)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
6.3 sq mi (16.4 km²)
INSEE code
45266

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.