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A town of 4,512 in Eure, Normandy.
Saint-Marcel grades B overall: better than 60% of compared French towns, and #8 of 39 in Eure. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 1.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.1 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,302/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 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 walkability (A): 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% 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.
The one thing Saint-Marcel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Marcel 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Marcel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Saint-Just, in La Chapelle-Longueville, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Marcel.
For its 1,850 residents in work, Saint-Marcel has 3,600 jobs: 1.9 each. Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €26,780 a year per consumption unit, above Eure’s towns (€24,410) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
In Eure, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 464 deaths in Saint-Marcel from 2016 to 2025; there were 427, 8% fewer. The town has 4 family doctors.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 80% of 145 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Marcel, 83.4% passed the brevet, about level with Eure’s towns (84.0%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). For exam results, it comes #17 of 38 in Eure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léonard de VinciNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 127 | 83%−6 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Adjutor PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 113 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 100%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Saint-Marcel goes for €2,564/m², an apartment for €1,896/m². 140 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,302/m². Houses were 71% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,564/m² | 99 |
| Apartments | €1,896/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 77 offenses in Saint-Marcel. Graded property crimes ran at 12.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 11.3 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of burglary go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
24% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Eure’s towns (23%) and above compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Saint-Marcel by age and the one in the middle is 45.8. Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Marcel | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Marcel. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Bizy2 km southeast, in Vernon
MuseumMusée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet2.5 km east, in VernonFortFortTour des archives2.5 km east, in VernonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Just1.9 km northwest, in La Chapelle-LonguevilleChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Madeleine2.8 km north, in Pressagny-l'OrgueilleuxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saint-Marcel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Marcel yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel | 4,512 | — | B | C | C+ | B+ |
| La Chapelle-Longueville | 3,282 | 1.1 | B− | C+ | A | C |
| Vernon | 25,290 | 1.6 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Pacy-sur-Eure | 5,027 | 6.4 | C | C | B | D |
| Gaillon | 6,746 | 6.6 | C− | B− | C | B− |
| Gasny | 3,062 | 6.8 | C− | C+ | B | D |
| Bonnières-sur-Seine Yvelines | 5,064 | 7.3 | D | C | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #27 of 39 in Eure.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #17 of 38 in Eure. The lycée stands out: 100% of 113 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Adjutor in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,302/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.77/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Marcel grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Saint-Marcel is a commune of 4,512 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
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.