Mesnil-en-Ouche grades C− overall: better than 19% of compared French towns, and #29 of 39 in Eure. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 15 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Mesnil-en-Ouche 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
History
Mesnil-en-Ouche is rich in protected monuments: 25 per 10,000 residents, more than in Eure’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Mesnil-en-Ouche is Menhir de la Longue-Pierre. The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments here: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Mesnil-en-Ouche sees more deaths than Eure’s towns or compared French towns: 112 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 429 deaths in Mesnil-en-Ouche from 2016 to 2025; there were 481, 12% more. The nearest emergency department to Mesnil-en-Ouche is Ch Bernay, 7.9 mi away. 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. 2 GPs practise here.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Mesnil-en-Ouche · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Bernay
15.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Aigle
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Mesnil-en-Ouche costs less than in Eure’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.54/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,566/m²: 237 houses and apartments sold in Mesnil-en-Ouche between July 2023 and June 2026. The town is the second cheapest of the 39 towns in Eure, at €1,566/m². A house rents for an estimated €9.16/m² a month.
€1,566/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mesnil-en-Ouche€1,566/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure median€1,989/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,566/m²
237
€9.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.44 to €12.24/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,900
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Only 7.8% of commuters in Mesnil-en-Ouche go to work without a car, fewer than in Eure’s towns and across compared French towns
1,050 jobs are based in Mesnil-en-Ouche, for 1,750 working residents (0.6 per worker). 12.2% of the labour force were unemployed, near Eure’s towns (12.1%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 3.7% of working residents in Mesnil-en-Ouche to work at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,050
jobs based in Mesnil-en-Ouche, 0.6 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Mesnil-en-Ouche has less crime per resident than 67% of compared French towns
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 8.8 violent offenses and 9.2 graded property crimes a year. Mesnil-en-Ouche’s tally for 2025: 86 recorded offenses. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
8.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Burglary19
Family violence17
Sexual violence13
Vehicle theft10
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud34
Theft without violence18
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.
8.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
86
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.3%
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 · For theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Few people in Mesnil-en-Ouche are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in Eure’s towns and across compared French towns
25% of residents are 65 or over, above Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up 19% of adults. Also worth knowing: half the people of Mesnil-en-Ouche are older than 48.5.
48.5median age
Mesnil-en-OucheEure medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Menhir de la Longue-Pierre: Photo: Nortmannus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Sainte-Marguerite: Photo: Codepem · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Saint-Ouen-de-Mancelles: Photo: Codepem · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mesnil-en-Ouche
Is Mesnil-en-Ouche safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #15 of 39 in Eure. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mesnil-en-Ouche good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns and #36 of 38 in Eure. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mesnil-en-Ouche expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,566/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mesnil-en-Ouche grades A− for cost of living.
About Mesnil-en-Ouche
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Mesnil-en-Ouche is a commune of 4,414 people in the Communauté de communes Intercom Bernay Terres 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
4,414 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie
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.
