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A town of 1,320 in Eure, Normandy.
Marbois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Marbois does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marbois 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Marbois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Foy, in Conches-en-Ouche, 5.1 mi away.
23% 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 Marbois.
3.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Eure’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 8.2%. Marbois has 150 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 79 residents of Marbois died, against 81 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. 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+.
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
Marbois sits above both Eure’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Marbois | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Marbois below both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,713/m², comes from 43 sales of houses and apartments in Marbois from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,713/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Marbois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Marbois.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marbois | 1,320 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Mesnils-sur-Iton | 6,078 | 4.7 | B− | B− | B | B |
| Breteuil | 4,282 | 4.8 | C− | A− | B− | C− |
| Conches-en-Ouche | 4,838 | 5.1 | D− | B+ | C− | D |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton | 7,193 | 9.9 | C− | B | C− | D |
| Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent | 5,524 | 10 | A | B | A | A− |
| Guichainville | 3,087 | 12 | B− | C+ | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Marbois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,713/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marbois grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Marbois is a commune of 1,320 people in the Communauté de communes Interco Normandie Sud 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.