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A town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy, home to 2,264 people.
Households here earn well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.2% unemployment. Health outcomes beat most towns (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Belbeuf has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Belbeuf does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Belbeuf 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.
Belbeuf has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Belbeuf as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grotte préhistorique, in Gouy, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Belbeuf.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Belbeuf has 2 family doctors. Average lifespans in Seine-Maritime: 84.7 years for women, 78.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 173 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 133, 23% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
51 houses and apartments changed hands in Belbeuf from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.24/m² a month. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,656/m² | 50 |
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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Belbeuf, 97.1% passed the bac, higher than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la Providence Nicolas Barré PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée GaliléeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 355 | 97%−1 pt |
| Collège Paul ÉluardBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 84 | 93%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 8.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Of those in the labour force, 5.2% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of residents, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. Belbeuf has a median age of 46.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Belbeuf | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Belbeuf. Best known first.
Nothing in Belbeuf is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Belbeuf.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belbeuf | 2,264 | — | — | C− | B− | A− |
| Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie | 3,265 | 1.2 | C | C | A− | D |
| Franqueville-Saint-Pierre | 6,171 | 1.6 | A | D | A | B |
| Le Mesnil-Esnard | 8,177 | 1.6 | B | D | B− | A− |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray | 29,518 | 2.5 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Bonsecours | 6,442 | 2.5 | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Boos | 3,975 | 2.8 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It has more crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 17 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades B− for safety.
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns. 97% of 355 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Galilée in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.89/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Belbeuf grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Belbeuf is a commune of 2,264 people in the Métropole Rouen 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 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.