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A town of 1,708 in Eure, Normandy.

Is Ménilles a good place to live?

Ménilles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,349/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.

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

How Ménilles grades

Each subject compares Ménilles 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

SchoolsC−Open →HealthB+Open →Cost of livingC+Open →Jobs & income8.7% unemploymentC+Open →Walkability76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workB−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église
Église · Classé · Photo: theoliane · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ménilles’ story

Ménilles in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ménilles: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1952.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Albert Ernest Miserey, born in 1862, is the one person born in Ménilles before 1900 that Wikidata records.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ménilles.

Schools

Exam results around Ménilles trail 78% of compared French towns

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

87.0%passed the brevetC−School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ménilles87.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Georges PompidouNearest collègeCollègeCollège11987%−5 pts
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −5 pts against the expected rate
1.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth B+

Fewer deaths than Ménilles’ ages would predict, 80 per 100 expected, under Eure’s towns and compared French towns

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

In the comparison, Ménilles comes below both Eure’s towns (97) and 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 C+ to A.

−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw80
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Ménilles · 1.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Vernon Ch Eure Seine
6.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Vernon 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 C+

Ménilles gets a C+ for cost of living

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

The median price, €2,349/m², comes from 46 sales of houses and apartments in Ménilles from July 2023 to June 2026.

€2,349/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Ménilles€2,349/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure median€1,989/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,349/m²46
€12.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.02 to €14.55/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération

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

History

Ménilles keeps more of its old housing than Eure or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919

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

For Ménilles, that is above both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ménilles: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
14th c.
oldest protected part
1952
first monument protected

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

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Incomes in Ménilles run higher than in Eure’s towns or compared French towns: a median €27,400 a year per consumption unit

Ménilles sits above both Eure’s towns (€24,410) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 8.7%. Ménilles has 250 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.3 per worker.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport5%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Ménilles, 0.3 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns

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

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 21% are 65 or over, against 11% and 23% in the median compared commune of Eure. 29% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Eure 23%, France 30%).

44.1median age
MénillesEure medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ménilles
MénillesEure medianFrance median
Under 1518%18%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4423%23%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+21%23%22%
No diploma17%25%19%
CAP or BEP26%28%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education29%23%30%

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

Safety

Ménilles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 14 offenses in the graded categories in Ménilles in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 40.8% of the index here.

3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Family violence7
Criminal damage7
Armed robbery0
Fraud10
Theft without violence8

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.

3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
40.8%
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

Nearby attractions

Château de Ménilles and 3 more in and around Ménilles

Heritage in and near Ménilles. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ménilles

15pages on Ménilles

Landmarks

Ménilles has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Ménilles

One notable person was born in Ménilles.

Their page →

Ménilles’ 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 →
Pacy-sur-EureSaint-MarcelLa Chapelle-LonguevilleVernonGaillonGuichainvillePacy-sur-EureSaint-MarcelLa Chapelle-LonguevilleVernonGaillonGuichainvilleMénilles
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ménilles1,708——C+—B+
Pacy-sur-Eure5,0271.4CCBD
Saint-Marcel4,5125.9BCC+B+
La Chapelle-Longueville3,2825.9B−C+AC
Vernon25,2906.5DC−CC+
Gaillon6,7468.7C−B−CB−
Guichainville3,0879.1B−C+A−D

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

Questions about Ménilles

Is Ménilles safe?

Ménilles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Ménilles good?

They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Ménilles expensive to live in?

Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.08/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ménilles grades C+ for cost of living.

About Ménilles

Commune in Eure, Normandy

Ménilles is a commune of 1,708 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération. 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
1,708 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération
Département
Eure (27)
Région
Normandy
Area
2.3 sq mi (5.8 km²)
INSEE code
27397

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.