Louviers grades D overall: better than 6% of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,912/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure. Its strongest is walkability (A): 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Louviers 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Louviers are out of work than in Eure’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.8%
18.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Eure’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Median disposable income comes to €21,870 a year per consumption unit.
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
Public transport8%
On foot7%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
8,600
jobs based in Louviers, 1.3 per working resident
17.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Louviers run higher than in 81% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Louviers’ deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, above both Eure’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,803 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,262, 25% more. In Eure, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Louviers can choose among 16 GPs.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
16
GPs in Louviers · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Louviers Val de Reuil
8.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Elbeuf les Feugrais
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Louviers records more crime per resident than 80% of compared French towns
In all, 563 offenses reached the police record in Louviers in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Louviers (8,600 to 6,750): it draws people in from around. Violence against people ran at 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.2 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
12.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage187
Family violence123
Other physical violence95
Theft from vehicles62
Burglary39
Vehicle theft29
Sexual violence28
Fraud133
Theft without violence124
Drug use93
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.
12.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
563
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Louviers: 12% are 15 to 24, above Eure’s towns and compared French towns
20% of residents are 65 or over, below both Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults.
40.2median age
LouviersEure medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Louviers is graded a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Louviers sell for €1,980/m² and apartments for €1,775/m². 614 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,912/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.33/m² a month.
€1,912/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Louviers€1,912/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure median€1,989/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,980/m²
436
Apartments
€1,775/m²
178
€12.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.87 to €15.10/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,520
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure
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Louviers’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Louviers
Is Louviers safe?
It grades C− for safety, #33 of 39 in Eure. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 187 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Louviers good?
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns and #24 of 38 in Eure. 95% of 21 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean-Baptiste Decrétot in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Louviers expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,912/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.21/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Louviers grades C+ for cost of living.
About Louviers
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Louviers is a commune of 18,705 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
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.
