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A town of 1,062 in Eure, Normandy.
Harcourt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Harcourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Harcourt 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 lists 2 historic monuments in Harcourt: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
16% 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 Harcourt.
For Harcourt, that is above both Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 15% of the town.
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Harcourt | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Harcourt sits below both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.0% of Harcourt’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 89% drove.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 580 residents of Harcourt died, against 290 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 100% more. Its care home for older people (214 places) counts its residents as Harcourt’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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.
That puts Harcourt above both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Harcourt: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Harcourt is Château d'Harcourt.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Harcourt. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Harcourt: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Église paroissiale Saint-Ouen: Photo: Nitot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château d'Harcourt: Photo: Philippe Alès · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Harcourt as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harcourt | 1,062 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Brionne | 4,185 | 3.2 | C | B+ | D | D |
| Le Neubourg | 4,199 | 6 | C | B− | C | C+ |
| Beaumont-le-Roger | 2,769 | 6 | B− | B | B− | A+ |
| Bernay | 9,765 | 9.7 | C+ | B− | D | C |
| Le Thuit de l'Oison | 3,827 | 10 | B+ | B | A+ | B+ |
| Grand Bourgtheroulde | 3,995 | 11 | A− | B | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Harcourt 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 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Harcourt is a commune of 1,062 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) · 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.
