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Some 344 people live in this town, in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Canouville is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 19% of its housing. It skews young: only 15% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Canouville does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Canouville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Vittefleur, 1.8 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Canouville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Canouville.
27% of adults hold a degree, between Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Canouville are older than 42. The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents.
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Canouville | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
3.0% of Canouville’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,620 a year per consumption unit, higher than Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.8 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis BouilhetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 85%−1 pt |
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.
The market in Canouville: 14 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.06/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Canouville. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Canouville yet.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Canouville is a commune of 344 people in the Communauté de communes de la Côte d'Albâtre. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canouville | 344 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cany-Barville | 2,909 | 2.1 | B− | B | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Valery-en-Caux | 3,851 | 6.2 | B | C | B+ | D |
| Fécamp | 17,313 | 11 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Terres-de-Caux | 4,245 | 11 | B | B | A+ | C |
| Yvetot | 11,438 | 15 | C− | B− | C− | C |
| Goderville | 2,818 | 15 | — | C+ | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.