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A town of 1,166 in Eure, Normandy.
Barc has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Barc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Barc 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Barc, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barc.
3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Eure’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.5%. Barc has 100 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Barc sits below both Eure’s towns (84.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Georges PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 46 | 91%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Barc above both Eure’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Barc | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 68 residents of Barc died, against 70 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Barc is above both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Barc, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 35 sales of houses and apartments in Barc from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,989/m² for the median of compared towns in Eure.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,852/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Barc. Best known first.
Barc has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Crépin-et-Saint-Crépinien: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Barc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barc | 1,166 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Beaumont-le-Roger | 2,769 | 2 | B− | B | B− | A+ |
| Le Neubourg | 4,199 | 6.6 | C | B− | C | C+ |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche | 4,414 | 8.9 | C− | A− | B+ | D |
| Brionne | 4,185 | 9.3 | C | B+ | D | D |
| Conches-en-Ouche | 4,838 | 9.6 | D− | B+ | C− | D |
| Bernay | 9,765 | 10 | C+ | B− | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Barc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 5% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.49/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Barc grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Barc is a commune of 1,166 people in the Communauté de communes Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie. 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 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.