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Le Bois-HellainEure

A town of 219 in Eure, Normandy.

Is Le Bois-Hellain a good place to live?

Le Bois-Hellain is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Le Bois-Hellain stand out

The one thing Le Bois-Hellain does most differently from other towns.

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Le Bois-Hellain’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Le Bois-Hellain’s story

No historic monuments in Le Bois-Hellain

The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Bois-Hellain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Manoir de la Porte, in Les Authieux-sur-Calonne, 5.3 mi away.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Bois-Hellain.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 18% of people in Le Bois-Hellain are 65 or over, fewer than in Eure’s towns and compared French towns

Le Bois-Hellain sits below both Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town.

45.2median age
Le Bois-HellainEure medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Bois-Hellain
Le Bois-HellainEure medianFrance median
Under 1518%18%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4420%23%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+18%23%22%
No diploma17%25%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat26%17%18%
Higher education25%23%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Le Bois-Hellain than in Eure’s towns or compared French towns: 1.5%

That puts Le Bois-Hellain below both Eure’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 8.1% of the labour force are out of work. Le Bois-Hellain has 0 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Le Bois-Hellain, 0.2 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

On this, Le Bois-Hellain is above both Eure’s towns (84.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Le Bois-Hellain90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège EuropeNearest collègeCollègeCollège8190%+3 pts
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Bois-Hellain than in Eure’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.54/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Le Bois-Hellain comes below both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€10.54/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Bois-Hellain€10.54/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Eure median€11.69/m²
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €12.50/m² a month)
€9.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cormeilles and 3 more in and around Le Bois-Hellain

Heritage and museums in and near Le Bois-Hellain. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Le Bois-Hellain

13pages on Le Bois-Hellain

Landmarks

Nothing in Le Bois-Hellain is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Le Bois-Hellain

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Bois-Hellain yet.

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Le Bois-Hellain’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Eure →
BeuzevillePont-AudemerPont-l'ÉvêqueLa Rivière-Saint-SauveurLisieuxHonfleurBeuzevillePont-AudemerPont-l'ÉvêqueLa Rivière-Saint-SauveurLisieuxHonfleurLe Bois-Hellain
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Bois-Hellain219—————
Beuzeville4,7045.2B+BAD
Pont-Audemer10,0237.8C−C+DD
Pont-l'Évêque Calvados5,1459.2BC−B−B+
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur Calvados2,52711CCA−D
Lisieux Calvados19,64511C−C+C−C−
Honfleur Calvados6,64012D−DDD

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Le Bois-Hellain

Commune in Eure, Normandy

Le Bois-Hellain is a commune of 219 people in the Communauté de communes Lieuvin Pays d'Auge. 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

Population
219 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Lieuvin Pays d'Auge
Département
Eure (27)
Région
Normandy
Area
1.2 sq mi (3.2 km²)
INSEE code
27071

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.