Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
8,316 people live in this town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
The picture is mixed. Bihorel’s overall grade of B− puts it better than 48% of compared French towns, #26 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Safety lags (D): an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 27.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also trails on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Bihorel 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 one thing Bihorel does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bihorel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fontaine-réservoir Sainte-Marie, in Rouen, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Bihorel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bihorel.
For its 3,200 residents in work, Bihorel has 2,050 jobs: 0.6 each. Half of residents lived on more than €28,130 a year per consumption unit, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Unemployment runs at 11.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Bihorel was theft from vehicles (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 243 offenses locally 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 917 deaths in Bihorel from 2016 to 2025; there were 753, 18% fewer. This Seine-Maritime town has 11 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.14/m² a month, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses sell for €2,897/m² in Bihorel, apartments for €1,553/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 437 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,897/m² | 169 |
| Apartments | €1,553/m² | 268 |
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.
Near Bihorel, 94.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. On results, collèges and lycées here come #10 of 75 in Seine-Maritime.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BoieldieuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 69%−6 pts |
| Lycée Gustave FlaubertNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 384 | 94%−2 pts |
| Collège Georges BraqueBest against expectations: 21 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 98 | 79%+21 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
12% of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 26% of the town. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Bihorel | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 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 Bihorel. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen2.8 km southwest, in Rouen
ChâteauTour Jeanne-d'Arc2.7 km southwest, in Rouen
MuseumMusée des antiquités de Rouen2.4 km southwest, in Rouen
MuseumMuséum de Rouen2.4 km southwest, in Rouen
MuseumMusée national de l'Éducation2.7 km southwest, in RouenPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bihorel yet.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Bihorel is a commune of 8,316 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bihorel | 8,316 | — | B− | C | D | B+ |
| Bois-Guillaume | 14,539 | 0.9 | B | D | D | A |
| Darnétal | 9,566 | 1.6 | C− | C | C− | C− |
| Rouen | 117,662 | 1.8 | D | C− | D− | B− |
| Mont-Saint-Aignan | 20,165 | 2 | B | C− | C | B+ |
| Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis | 3,633 | 2.4 | A− | C | A | A− |
| Bonsecours | 6,442 | 2.5 | B | C− | C+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #59 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 56 burglaries and 64 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #10 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. 94% of 384 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Gustave Flaubert in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bihorel grades C for cost of living.
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.