Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,815 in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Buchy grades A− overall, better than 84% of compared French towns, and ranks #5 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. School results are strong: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The trade-off is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C+): 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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.
The one thing Buchy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Buchy 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 Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Buchy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1934.
14% 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 Buchy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #2 of 75 in Seine-Maritime on results. The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Francis YardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 94%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
86 sales of houses and apartments in Buchy, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,047/m². Of the homes sold, 99% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,045/m² | 85 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (50 places) counts its residents as Buchy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 1% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 349 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 395, 13% more. The nearest emergency department to Buchy is Clinique du Cedre, 13.7 mi away. Women in Seine-Maritime live to 84.7 on average and men to 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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.
Jobs located in Buchy: 1,000, for 1,250 residents in work (0.8 each). 5.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €26,350 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
59 offenses were reported in Buchy during 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 8.3 cases of violence against people and 10.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in the town was family violence (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, 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, 6.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Buchy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
25% of residents are 65 or over, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. Typical age in Buchy: 45.9, the median.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Buchy | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Buchy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Anciennes halles: Photo: Giogo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Buchy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchy | 2,815 | — | A− | A− | B | C− |
| Forges-les-Eaux | 3,642 | 8.8 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Quincampoix | 3,103 | 9 | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Isneauville | 3,716 | 11 | A | D | B+ | A− |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray | 4,662 | 11 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal | 3,117 | 12 | A− | C | A | C |
| Montville | 4,625 | 13 | B+ | B | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #26 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #2 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. 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 €2,047/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Buchy grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Buchy is a commune of 2,815 people in the Communauté de communes Inter-Caux-Vexin. 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.
