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The town, home to 2,819 people, lies in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its strong suit (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes a C, better than 27% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #37 of 70 in Seine-Maritime.
Figures: 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.
The 3 things Blangy-sur-Bresle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Blangy-sur-Bresle 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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Blangy-sur-Bresle 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 2001.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Blangy-sur-Bresle before 1900, the earliest Émile Frechon, in 1848.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blangy-sur-Bresle.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Blangy-sur-Bresle is Antenne de Smur Eu du Ch de Dieppe, 12.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 529 residents of Blangy-sur-Bresle died, against 409 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. Life expectancy at birth in Seine-Maritime is 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 4 GPs practise in the town.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,644/m², lower than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (€1,992/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Blangy-sur-Bresle recorded 78 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,644/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €22,250 a year per consumption unit, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Per resident in work, Blangy-sur-Bresle counts 2.1 jobs (2,000 jobs, 950 workers). No commute at all: 5.0% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 12.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 15.2 (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 44 offenses in Blangy-sur-Bresle. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Blangy-sur-Bresle (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 sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 5.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9% of the population.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Blangy-sur-Bresle | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 44% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 11% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 11% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #31 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. General-bac pupils go 11.1 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du CampignyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 79%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
6.6% of its homes were built before 1919, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Blangy-sur-Bresle. Best known first.
Blangy-sur-Bresle has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Blangy-sur-Bresle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blangy-sur-Bresle | 2,819 | — | C | A− | C | D |
| Friville-Escarbotin Somme | 4,306 | 11 | C | B+ | D | D |
| Eu | 6,499 | 12 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Mers-les-Bains Somme | 2,540 | 14 | C− | C− | C | D |
| Le Tréport | 4,378 | 14 | C− | C | C− | D− |
| Criel-sur-Mer | 2,527 | 15 | C− | B− | C+ | C |
| Abbeville Somme | 22,395 | 15 | D | B− | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #41 of 70 in Seine-Maritime.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns and #31 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Blangy-sur-Bresle grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Blangy-sur-Bresle is a commune of 2,819 people in the Communauté de communes interrégionale Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle. 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 9, 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.