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A town of 1,322 in Eure, Normandy.
Les Damps has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 18% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,082/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Les Damps 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 no building in Les Damps as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Anciens remparts, in Pont-de-l'Arche, 0.7 mi away.
13% 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 Les Damps.
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, below both Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Les Damps | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 7.0%, below Eure’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Bus, tram or train carried 2.4% of working residents in Les Damps to work at the census. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Les Damps didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
94 deaths in Les Damps between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 104: 9% 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 Les Damps is Centre hospitalier D Elbeuf les Feugrais, 5.8 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Les Damps, 97.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Eure’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Hyacinthe LangloisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 84%−3 pts |
| Lycée Marc BlochNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 192 | 97%+2 pts |
| Collège Alphonse AllaisBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 97 | 73%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,082/m²: 38 houses and apartments sold in Les Damps between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 87% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.26/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,063/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in Les Damps in the categories the grade counts.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Les Damps. Best known first.
Nothing in Les Damps 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 Les Damps 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Damps | 1,322 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Pont-de-l'Arche | 4,133 | 1 | C+ | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Pîtres | 2,589 | 2.7 | C+ | B− | A− | C |
| Val-de-Reuil | 13,245 | 2.8 | C− | B | D | D |
| Le Vaudreuil | 3,624 | 3.3 | A− | C | A+ | C |
| Tourville-la-Rivière Seine-Maritime | 2,596 | 3.6 | C− | C | D− | C− |
| Romilly-sur-Andelle | 3,234 | 4.4 | B− | B− | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Damps has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,082/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.60/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Damps grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Les Damps is a commune of 1,322 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 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.