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A town of 1,052 in Eure, Normandy.

Is Les Ventes a good place to live?

Les Ventes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,778/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes de Normandie.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Les Ventes stand out

The 2 things Les Ventes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Les Ventes grades

Each subject compares Les Ventes 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.

How grading works

WalkabilityC−Open →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns · less sure: likely between D and B+C−Open →Jobs & income5.4% unemploymentBOpen →Cost of livingBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Dolmen de l'Hôtel-Dieu
Dolmen de l'Hôtel-Dieu · Classé · Photo: Gregofhuest · CC BY-SA 3.0
Les Ventes’ story

Les Ventes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Les Ventes: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1889First protected: Dolmen dit La Pierre Courcoulée
  • 1910Most recently protected: Dolmen de l'Hôtel-Dieu
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Ventes.

Work & commuteJobs & income B

Fewer people in Les Ventes are out of work than in Eure’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.4%

On this, Les Ventes is below both Eure’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €28,220 a year per consumption unit.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Les Ventes, 0.2 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 20% of compared French towns

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

HealthHealth C−

Les Ventes’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 76% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Adjusted for age and care homes, Les Ventes records 99 deaths per 100 expected, close to Eure’s towns (97) and above compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.

−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw99
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Les Ventes · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Louis D Evreux Ch Eure Seine
5.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Saint Louis D Evreux Ch Eure Seine
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

HousingCost of living B

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Les Ventes than in Eure’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.49/m² a month

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

In the comparison, Les Ventes comes below both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,778/m², comes from 35 sales of houses and apartments in Les Ventes from July 2023 to June 2026.

€1,778/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Les Ventes€1,778/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure median€1,989/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,778/m²35
€10.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.48 to €12.99/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,860
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes de Normandie

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

Les Ventes keeps more of its old housing than Eure or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

For Les Ventes, that is above both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Les Ventes: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Les Ventes is Dolmen de l'Hôtel-Dieu.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Les Ventes than in Eure’s towns or across compared French towns: 33% of adults

Les Ventes sits above both Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure.

45.8median age
Les VentesEure medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Les Ventes
Les VentesEure medianFrance median
Under 1517%18%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4422%23%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+23%23%22%
No diploma16%25%19%
CAP or BEP25%28%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education33%23%30%

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Les Ventes

14pages on Les Ventes

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Les Ventes: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Dolmen dit La Pierre Courcoulée: Photo: X-Javier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dolmen de l'Hôtel-Dieu: Photo: Gregofhuest · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Les Ventes

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Ventes yet.

How we find them →

Les Ventes’ 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 →
Saint-Sébastien-de-MorsentGuichainvilleÉvreuxConches-en-OucheMesnils-sur-ItonGravignySaint-Sébastien-de-MorsentGuichainvilleÉvreuxConches-en-OucheMesnils-sur-ItonGravignyLes Ventes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Les Ventes1,052——B—C−
Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent5,5244.2ABAA−
Guichainville3,0875.1B−C+A−D
Évreux49,3605.9DC+DC
Conches-en-Ouche4,8386.4D−B+C−D
Mesnils-sur-Iton6,0786.4B−B−BB
Gravigny4,0127.7C−C+BD

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

Questions about Les Ventes

Is Les Ventes safe?

Les Ventes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Les Ventes expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,778/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Ventes grades B for cost of living.

About Les Ventes

Commune in Eure, Normandy

Les Ventes is a commune of 1,052 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes 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
1,052 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes de Normandie
Département
Eure (27)
Région
Normandy
Area
8 sq mi (20.6 km²)
INSEE code
27678

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.