Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 4,795 residents, it is a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Some subjects shine; others lag. The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is another plus: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a C overall, ranking #31 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Nationally, it does better than 32% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Cléon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cléon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cléon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Temple gallo-romain de la Mare-aux-Anglais, in Orival, 1.7 mi away.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cléon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 403 deaths in Cléon from 2016 to 2025; there were 559, 39% more. This Seine-Maritime town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
The median disposable income is €21,490 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Cléon counts 3.7 jobs (5,800 jobs, 1,600 workers). No commute at all: 2.5% of working residents in the town at the census.
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.
On school results, the town ranks #44 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. At the three general lycées, 95% of 655 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques BrelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 82 | 73%−11 pts |
| Lycée André MauroisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 343 | 94%−1 pt |
| Collège Jacques-Yves CousteauBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 82 | 77%+8 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.
The middle sale price: €1,835/m², below Seine-Maritime’s towns (€1,992/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Sales in Cléon from July 2023 to June 2026: 81 houses and apartments. Houses were 93% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,864/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
All told, Cléon had 125 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 10.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.9 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (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 armed robbery, 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, 2.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People aged 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. Degrees are held by 17% of adults, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Half the people of Cléon are older than 39.6.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Cléon | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 34% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Cléon. Best known first.
Nothing in Cléon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cléon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cléon | 4,795 | — | C | B+ | B− | D |
| Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf | 8,443 | 0.8 | D | B− | C− | D |
| Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf | 10,476 | 2 | D | B | C− | C |
| Elbeuf | 15,474 | 2.1 | D | A− | D− | D− |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf | 8,306 | 2.5 | C− | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Grand-Couronne | 9,768 | 3.1 | C+ | C+ | C− | B+ |
| Tourville-la-Rivière | 2,596 | 3.2 | C− | C | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #28 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #44 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. 94% of 343 candidates passed the bac at Lycée André Maurois in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cléon grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Cléon is a commune of 4,795 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
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.