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In Eure, Normandy, this town has 1,409 residents.
Where it does best is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Haye-Malherbe 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 La Haye-Malherbe does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Haye-Malherbe 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.
La Haye-Malherbe 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 La Haye-Malherbe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Le Mesnil-Jourdain, 4.2 mi away.
17% 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 La Haye-Malherbe.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 134 deaths in La Haye-Malherbe from 2016 to 2025; there were 129, 4% fewer. Adjusted mortality in the town: 96 deaths for every 100 expected. This Eure town has one family doctor. In Eure, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
4.7% 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 runs at 8.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
La Haye-Malherbe recorded 48 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.79/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.49/m² a month, about level with Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,747/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, between Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: half of La Haye-Malherbe is older than 47.3, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Haye-Malherbe | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Haye-Malherbe is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in La Haye-Malherbe.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Haye-Malherbe | 1,409 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 8,306 | 3.2 | C− | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 10,476 | 4.1 | D | B | C− | C |
| Louviers | 18,705 | 4.6 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 15,474 | 5 | D | A− | D− | D− |
| Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 8,443 | 5.3 | D | B− | C− | D |
| Cléon Seine-Maritime | 4,795 | 5.7 | C | B+ | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Haye-Malherbe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Haye-Malherbe grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
La Haye-Malherbe is a commune of 1,409 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure. 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 November 4, 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.