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A town of 4,185 in Eure, Normandy.
Brionne grades C overall: better than 28% of compared French towns, and #21 of 39 in Eure. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 16.2 recorded violent incidents and 19.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,603/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie. Its strongest is schools (A−): bac results 3 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Brionne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brionne 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Brionne; none is classé, France’s top protection.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Pierre Jean Charles Lizot, born in 1768, is the one person born in Brionne before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Brionne. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brionne.
Brionne comes 37th of the 39 compared towns in Eure on the Safety Grade. Recorded offenses in the town came to 166 in 2025. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
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Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
762 deaths in Brionne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 557: 37% above. The nearest emergency department to Brionne is Ch Bernay, 9.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Brionne can choose among 5 GPs. Average lifespans in Eure: 84.7 years for women, 78.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #3 of 38 in Eure. At the collèges within 5 km of Brionne, 87.0% passed the brevet, above Eure’s towns (84.0%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre BrossoletteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 87%+4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Augustin BoismardNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 32 | 88%+3 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.
Behind the median of €1,603/m²: 145 houses and apartments sold in Brionne between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,615/m² | 139 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, above Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Brionne | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €22,220 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Brionne number 1,800, against 1,500 residents in work (1.2 per worker). No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents locally at the census.
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.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Brionne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Brionne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ruines du château: Photo: Stanzilla · CC BY 3.0
3 notable people were born in Brionne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brionne | 4,185 | — | C | B+ | D | D |
| Beaumont-le-Roger | 2,769 | 8.3 | B− | B | B− | A+ |
| Le Neubourg | 4,199 | 8.9 | C | B− | C | C+ |
| Bernay | 9,765 | 9.1 | C+ | B− | D | C |
| Grand Bourgtheroulde | 3,995 | 10 | A− | B | A− | A− |
| Le Thuit de l'Oison | 3,827 | 11 | B+ | B | A+ | B+ |
| Bosroumois | 3,872 | 11 | B+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #37 of 39 in Eure. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 62 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #3 of 38 in Eure. 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 €1,603/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Brionne grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Brionne is a commune of 4,185 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.