With a C+ overall, Vexin-sur-Epte is better than 44% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #16 of 39 in Eure. Walkability is its weak spot — 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,143/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération. Crime is low (B): an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Vexin-sur-Epte 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vexin-sur-Epte.
History
Old homes shape Vexin-sur-Epte: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Eure’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
7 of the 10 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Vexin-sur-Epte is Allée couverte. The town has 17 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above Eure’s towns (4) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. On the Culture ministry’s list, Vexin-sur-Epte counts 10 historic monuments: 5 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Vexin-sur-Epte, 7.1%, runs below Eure’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €27,670 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Eure’s towns (€24,410) and compared French towns (€25,970). 700 jobs are based in Vexin-sur-Epte, for 2,800 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 7.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport6%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
700
jobs based in Vexin-sur-Epte, 0.2 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Vexin-sur-Epte is lower than in 64% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Vexin-sur-Epte, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Recorded offenses here came to 140 in 2025.
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage41
Burglary27
Family violence26
Sexual violence14
Vehicle theft13
Theft from vehicles12
Other physical violence7
Fraud44
Theft without violence16
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.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
140
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.6%
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 armed robbery, 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, 2.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Vexin-sur-Epte are under 15, more than in Eure’s towns or compared French towns
29% of adults hold a degree, higher than Eure’s towns (23%) and near compared French towns (30%). Aged 15 to 24: 9.7% of residents. Add to that, the 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents.
42.7median age
Vexin-sur-EpteEure medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Vexin-sur-Epte sees 91 deaths per 100 expected, against 97 in Eure’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
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 409 deaths in Vexin-sur-Epte from 2016 to 2025; there were 371, 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Vexin-sur-Epte is Centre hospitalier de Vernon Ch Eure Seine, 7.2 mi away. This Eure town has one family doctor.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Vexin-sur-Epte · 1.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Vernon Ch Eure Seine
7.2 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,143/m²: 191 houses and apartments sold in Vexin-sur-Epte between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.70/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.19/m² a month, close to both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,143/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vexin-sur-Epte€2,143/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure median€1,989/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,143/m²
191
€12.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.30 to €14.42/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vexin-sur-Epte
Is Vexin-sur-Epte safe?
It grades B for safety, #17 of 39 in Eure. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
Is Vexin-sur-Epte expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,143/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vexin-sur-Epte grades C+ for cost of living.
About Vexin-sur-Epte
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Vexin-sur-Epte is a commune of 6,015 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
6,015 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération
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.
