Bouville’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 44% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,954/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Caux - Austreberthe.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Bouville 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.
Each subject compares Bouville 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.
Calvaire dit la Croix de Pierre: Photo: Linuxwillwin · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bouville.
HealthHealth A+
Deaths in Bouville run below what its ages would predict: 56 per 100 expected, fewer than in Seine-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
−44%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
47 deaths in Bouville between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 83: 44% below. The nearest emergency department to Bouville is Clinique du Cedre, 11.7 mi away. Life expectancy in Seine-Maritime: 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw56
Adjusted56
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Bouville · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique du Cedre
10.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch du Belvedere
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Bouville are out of work than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.3%
2%walk, cycle or take transit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 2.3% of commuters travelled at the census. The median disposable income was €28,350 a year per consumption unit, above both Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and compared French towns (€25,970).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Bouville, 0.2 per working resident
4.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
83.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Bouville, 93.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%). For collège, the closest is 2.5 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Bouville keeps more of its old housing than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bouville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Calvaire dit la Croix de Pierre. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Bouville has fewer young adults than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 9.1% are 15 to 24
44.5median age
Those 65 and older account for 25% of residents. 19% are under 15, above both Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
BouvilleSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bouville than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.07/m² a month
€1,954/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,954/m²: 30 houses and apartments sold in Bouville between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 30 homes were sold here. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.66/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bouville€1,954/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,954/m²
30
€11.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.33 to €13.14/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,810
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Caux - Austreberthe
Bouville is a commune of 1,039 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
Population
1,039 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Caux - Austreberthe
Département
Seine-Maritime (76)
Région
Normandy
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.5 km²)
INSEE code
76135
Bouville’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bouville
Is Bouville safe?
Bouville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Bouville good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns. 95% of 331 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Thomas Corneille 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.
Is Bouville expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,954/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bouville grades B− for cost of living.
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.
