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1,626 people call this town in Eure, Normandy home.
Schools do well: brevet results a point above the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.1% unemployment. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,173/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Vexin Normand.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Bézu-Saint-Éloi 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 one thing Bézu-Saint-Éloi does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bézu-Saint-Éloi 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.
Bézu-Saint-Éloi has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bézu-Saint-Éloi as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne léproserie Saint-Lazare, in Gisors, 3 mi away.
15% 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 Bézu-Saint-Éloi.
19% of adults hold a degree, below both Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 21% of residents are under 15. Ages in Bézu-Saint-Éloi split evenly at 40.2: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Bézu-Saint-Éloi | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.4% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 11.1%, between Eure’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Bézu-Saint-Éloi didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Eure can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 87 deaths in Bézu-Saint-Éloi from 2016 to 2025; there were 82, 6% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Bézu-Saint-Éloi records 94 deaths per 100 expected, near Eure’s towns (97) and higher than 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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pablo PicassoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 119 | 87%+1 pt |
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.
The median price, €2,173/m², comes from 45 sales of houses and apartments in Bézu-Saint-Éloi from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.18/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.31/m² a month, close to Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,173/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Bézu-Saint-Éloi. Best known first.
Nothing in Bézu-Saint-Éloi is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bézu-Saint-Éloi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bézu-Saint-Éloi | 1,626 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Gisors | 12,410 | 3.5 | D | C− | C | C |
| Étrépagny | 3,670 | 4.1 | B+ | C+ | B+ | D |
| Sérifontaine Oise | 2,784 | 5.1 | C− | B− | B | D− |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin Oise | 3,338 | 8.5 | C+ | C | B− | B |
| Vexin-sur-Epte | 6,015 | 9.8 | C+ | C+ | B | C+ |
| Magny-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise | 5,779 | 10 | C | C− | C− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bézu-Saint-Éloi has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,173/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bézu-Saint-Éloi grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Bézu-Saint-Éloi is a commune of 1,626 people in the Communauté de communes du Vexin Normand. 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.