Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 396 in Eure, Normandy.
Les Préaux is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Les Préaux does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Préaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Germain, in Pont-Audemer, 2 mi away.
21% 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 Préaux.
That puts Les Préaux below both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 19% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Les Préaux | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Les Préaux is below both Eure’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Les Préaux has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 9.1% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Les Préaux comes above both Eure’s towns (84.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Ouen PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 99%+5 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Ouen PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 54 | 98%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Risle-SeineBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 213 | 89%+3 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.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Les Préaux. Best known first.
Art galleryMusée Alfred-Canel4.4 km northeast, in Pont-AudemerMuseumMuseumMusée Alfred Canel4.4 km northeast, in Pont-AudemerPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Les Préaux 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 Préaux 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 Préaux | 396 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pont-Audemer | 10,023 | 2.5 | C− | C+ | D | D |
| Beuzeville | 4,704 | 6.4 | B+ | B | A | D |
| La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur Calvados | 2,527 | 11 | C | C | A− | D |
| Honfleur Calvados | 6,640 | 13 | D− | D | D | D |
| Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine Seine-Maritime | 10,617 | 13 | A− | B | A | B+ |
| Pont-l'Évêque Calvados | 5,145 | 14 | B | C− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Les Préaux is a commune of 396 people in the Communauté de communes de Pont-Audemer / Val de Risle. 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) · 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.