Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With a B overall, Bonsecours is better than nearly three fifths of compared French towns and ranks #19 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Buying in is costly (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Bonsecours 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 Bonsecours.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Incomes in Bonsecours run higher than in Seine-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €29,830 a year per consumption unit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 18.9% of commuters travelled at the census. For its 2,500 residents in work, Bonsecours has 950 jobs: 0.4 each. Unemployment stands at 9.0%.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
Public transport13%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
950
jobs based in Bonsecours, 0.4 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Mortality in Bonsecours, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns: 71 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 11 general practitioners in Bonsecours. At birth, a girl in Seine-Maritime can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 756 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 904: 16% below.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Bonsecours · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Charles Nicolle Chu Rouen
1.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Mathilde
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Bonsecours sell for €2,192/m², houses for €2,698/m². A house rents for an estimated €12.30/m² a month. Houses made up 43% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,418/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bonsecours€2,418/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,698/m²
125
Apartments
€2,192/m²
163
€12.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.56 to €15.46/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Rouen Normandie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 32% of people in Bonsecours are 65 or over, more than in Seine-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
14% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, lower than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 41% of adults.
50median age
BonsecoursSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education41%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
More crime per resident in Bonsecours than in 63% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Bonsecours were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Bonsecours show 149 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.8 violent offenses and 18.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage46
Theft from vehicles32
Burglary29
Family violence14
Sexual violence10
Vehicle theft10
Other physical violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud37
Drug use26
Theft without violence24
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
149
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
3 historic monuments in Bonsecours, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century. Among the classé monuments in Bonsecours is Basilique Notre-Dame. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.4% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
89.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the 26 collèges within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #22 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. The bac pass rate near Bonsecours is 93.1%, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%). At the 14 general lycées, 95% of 3,219 candidates passed the bac, 1.3 points below the expected rate.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bonsecours
Is Bonsecours safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #36 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bonsecours good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #22 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. The lycée stands out: 99% of 83 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé la Châtaigneraie in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bonsecours expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.78/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bonsecours grades C− for cost of living.
About Bonsecours
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Bonsecours is a commune of 6,442 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
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.
