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A town in Eure, Normandy, home to 1,280 people.
The local economy does well: 0.1 jobs per working resident; 7.7% unemployment. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on walkability as well (C+). 12% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Houlbec-Cocherel 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 2 things Houlbec-Cocherel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Houlbec-Cocherel 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.
Houlbec-Cocherel 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 Houlbec-Cocherel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-André, in Autheuil-Authouillet, 3.6 mi away.
11% 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 Houlbec-Cocherel.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.89/m² a month, above Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 43 homes in Houlbec-Cocherel. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,387/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 7.7%, below Eure’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in Houlbec-Cocherel at the census.
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.
83 deaths in Houlbec-Cocherel between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 94: 12% below. At birth, a girl in Eure can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Houlbec-Cocherel is Centre hospitalier de Vernon Ch Eure Seine, 6 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.9%, lower than both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Houlbec-Cocherel by age and the one in the middle is 47.7. 17% of residents are children under 15.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Houlbec-Cocherel | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Houlbec-Cocherel. Best known first.
Nothing in Houlbec-Cocherel 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 Houlbec-Cocherel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houlbec-Cocherel | 1,280 | — | — | C | — | B− |
| Pacy-sur-Eure | 5,027 | 3.8 | C | C | B | D |
| La Chapelle-Longueville | 3,282 | 4.2 | B− | C+ | A | C |
| Saint-Marcel | 4,512 | 4.6 | B | C | C+ | B+ |
| Vernon | 25,290 | 5.7 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Gaillon | 6,746 | 6.2 | C− | B− | C | B− |
| Le Val d'Hazey | 5,111 | 7.2 | C+ | B− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Houlbec-Cocherel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Houlbec-Cocherel grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Houlbec-Cocherel is a commune of 1,280 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération. 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.