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Population 12,022: a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
An even record, with no subject far from the norm. Barentin’s overall grade, C, puts it better than 29% of compared French towns. It ranks #35 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Safety lags: an average of 11.7 recorded violent incidents and 15.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (B+): 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,984/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Caux - Austreberthe.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 2 things Barentin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Barentin 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
Barentin has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1964.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barentin.
Among the graded crimes in Barentin, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Barentin show 312 offenses in 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 · For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% 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.
Average lifespans in Seine-Maritime: 84.7 years for women, 78.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Barentin is Clinique du Cedre, 9.2 mi away. Its three care homes for older people (211 places) count their residents as Barentin’s; allowing for them, deaths were 3% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,250 residents of Barentin died, against 1,052 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Jobs located in Barentin: 5,700, for 4,950 residents in work (1.2 each). Just over one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The unemployment rate comes to 11.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century. 6.3% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,984/m²: 314 houses and apartments sold in Barentin between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.85/m² a month. Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,988/m² | 293 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #23 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. The bac pass rate near Barentin is 93.4%, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). At the general lycée, 95% of 331 candidates passed the bac, 2 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Catherine BernardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 83%−4 pts |
| Lycée Thomas CorneilleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 331 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège André MarieBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 126 | 96%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
23% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and above compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Barentin in two is 42.1.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Barentin | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Barentin. Best known first.
Barentin has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Barentin.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C for safety, #39 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 87 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 45% of compared French towns and #23 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. 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 €1,984/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Barentin grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Barentin is a commune of 12,022 people in the Communauté de communes Caux - Austreberthe. 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 4, 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.