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The town, home to 1,329 people, lies in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Pupils here do better than most (A+): brevet results 7 points above the expected rate. Households here earn well: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Health lags (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,811/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Campagne-de-Caux.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, 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. Bréauté 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 Bréauté does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bréauté 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.
Bréauté has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bréauté, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bréauté.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André GideNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 96%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Bréauté come to 96 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 97 residents of Bréauté died, against 101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bréauté is Chi du Pays des Hautes Falaises Fecamp, 8.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Bréauté have one GP on hand.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,811/m²: 33 houses and apartments sold in Bréauté between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.99/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.83/m² a month, about level with both Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,811/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Under-15s account for 17% of the population. At 42.9, the median resident of Bréauté sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Bréauté | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bréauté, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,930 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Bréauté. Best known first.
Bréauté has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bréauté yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bréauté | 1,329 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Goderville | 2,818 | 2.3 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Bolbec | 11,590 | 4.9 | C− | A− | C− | D |
| Gruchet-le-Valasse | 3,008 | 6.1 | A | B+ | A | A− |
| Criquetot-l'Esneval | 2,668 | 6.1 | C | C | B+ | C |
| Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc | 4,780 | 6.6 | B− | C− | A− | D |
| Épouville | 2,601 | 8.8 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bréauté has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,811/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bréauté grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Bréauté is a commune of 1,329 people in the Communauté de communes Campagne-de-Caux. 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.