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Dampierre-Saint-NicolasSeine-Maritime

444 people live in this town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.

Is Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas a good place to live?

There are no grades for Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas stand out

The one thing Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas does most differently from other towns.

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Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas’ story

No historic monuments in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas

The Culture ministry lists no building in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château, in Arques-la-Bataille, 3.6 mi away.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. Half the people of Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas are older than 53.1.

53.1median age
Dampierre-Saint-NicolasSeine-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas
Dampierre-Saint-NicolasSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1512%17%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4415%23%23%
45–6434%25%26%
65+29%23%22%
No diploma26%25%19%
CAP or BEP35%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education15%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 6.5% of commuters in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas go to work without a car, fewer than in Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

Jobs located in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.2 each). The median disposable income was €23,340 a year per consumption unit, near Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: at the census, 2.4% of working residents in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas went to work by public transport.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas, 0.2 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 1.2 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 6.5 mi away.

82.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas82.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Claude MonetNearest collègeCollègeCollège15682%−2 pts
82.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
1.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas costs less than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.60/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas from July 2023 to June 2026: 20 houses and apartments.

€10.60/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas€10.60/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Seine-Maritime median€11.96/m²
€10.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.37 to €13.42/m² a month)
€8.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de l'horlogerie de Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont and 3 more in and around Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas

Museums and heritage in and near Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas

13pages on Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas

Landmarks

Nothing in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas yet.

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Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Seine-Maritime →
Saint-Nicolas-d'AliermontDieppePetit-CauxOffranvilleVal-de-ScieCriel-sur-MerSaint-Nicolas-d'AliermontDieppePetit-CauxOffranvilleVal-de-ScieCriel-sur-MerDampierre-Saint-Nicolas
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas444—————
Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont3,6651.4B+BAB+
Dieppe28,4966.7D−C−DD
Petit-Caux9,5136.7A−B−A+B
Offranville3,2427.1A−C−A+B+
Val-de-Scie2,53011B−BAB−
Criel-sur-Mer2,52713C−B−C+C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas

Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy

Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas is a commune of 444 people in the Communauté de communes Falaises du Talou. 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
444 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Falaises du Talou
Département
Seine-Maritime (76)
Région
Normandy
Area
1.5 sq mi (3.9 km²)
INSEE code
76210

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.