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Population 5,524: a town in Eure, Normandy.
Recorded crime is low: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. People here tend to be in good health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns (C): bac results 3.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.2 points above the expected rate. At €1,829/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes de Normandie. The overall grade lands at A, better than 87% of compared French towns. It ranks #1 of 39 in Eure.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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-Sébastien-de-Morsent does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent 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-Sébastien-de-Morsent as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Taurin, in Évreux, 2.6 mi away.
1.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame d'Évreux4.8 km east, in Évreux
MuseumMusée d'art, histoire et archéologie d'Évreux4.8 km east, in ÉvreuxMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Cordeliers d'Évreux4.5 km east, in ÉvreuxMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Capucins d'Évreux4.7 km east, in ÉvreuxChâteauChâteauChâteau de Trangis4.2 km east, in ÉvreuxFortFortRempart gallo-romain d'Évreux4.7 km east, in ÉvreuxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent.
Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent’s tally for 2025: 67 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes locally, 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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Eure: 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 397 deaths in Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 533: 26% below. Also worth knowing: 2 GPs practise here.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Jobs located in Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent: 1,500, for 2,100 residents in work (0.7 each). Public transport took 5.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,090 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 82% of 204 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. On school results, the town ranks #16 of 38 in Eure. At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent, 86.5% passed the brevet, higher than Eure’s towns (84.0%) and near compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège NavarreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 151 | 77%±0 pts |
| Lycée Léopold Sédar SenghorNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 368 | 94%−3 pts |
| Collège Paul BertBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 125 | 87%+7 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.99/m² a month, lower than both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €1,829/m²: 165 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 93% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,829/m² | 153 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, between Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%). Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent has a median age of 46.2 years. Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent 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-Sébastien-de-Morsent 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-Sébastien-de-Morsent | 5,524 | — | A | B | A | A− |
| Évreux | 49,360 | 3 | D | C+ | D | C |
| Gravigny | 4,012 | 4.2 | C− | C+ | B | D |
| Guichainville | 3,087 | 4.7 | B− | C+ | A− | D |
| Conches-en-Ouche | 4,838 | 7.5 | D− | B+ | C− | D |
| Mesnils-sur-Iton | 6,078 | 11 | B− | B− | B | B |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure | 3,829 | 11 | B | B− | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #4 of 39 in Eure. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns and #16 of 38 in Eure. 94% of 368 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Léopold Sédar Senghor in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,829/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent is a commune of 5,524 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes 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
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 November 8, 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.