Is Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune a good place to live?
Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 13% of homes. It skews young: only 13% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune stand out
The 2 things Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune does most differently from other towns.
Église du Plessis · Classé · Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune’s story
Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1921.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1921First protected: Église du Plessis
1976Most recently protected: Château de Saint-Léger
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune.
Who lives here
Children make up 25% of Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune, above Eure’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 13% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). At 37.6, the median resident of Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune sits in the middle of the age range.
37.6median age
Le Plessis-Sainte-OpportuneEure medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
8%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune: 19% were built before 1919, more than in both Eure’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune is Église du Plessis. On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Fewer people in Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune are out of work than in Eure’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.4%
Half of residents lived on more than €26,390 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Eure’s towns (€24,410). Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.6% of commuters at the census.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
50
jobs based in Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune, 0.2 per working resident
4.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune is a commune of 351 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
Population
351 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie
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.
