Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3,996 people call this town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy home.
Duclair’s lowest grade is for schools — brevet results 2.4 points below the expected rate. Overall, Duclair earns a C: better than 28% of compared French towns, and #36 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Where it does best is safety — an average of 8.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,921/m² takes 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole Rouen Normandie.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Duclair does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Duclair 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 →
Duclair has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
12% 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 Duclair.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.1 mi to the nearest lycée. Schools rank #58 of 75 in Seine-Maritime.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gustave FlaubertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 86%−2 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.
For a family doctor, residents of Duclair can choose among 8 GPs. Its two care homes for older people (112 places) count their residents as Duclair’s; allowing for them, deaths were 4% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 585 residents of Duclair died, against 495 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. The nearest emergency department to Duclair is Centre hospitalier Saint Julien Petit Quevilly, 9.4 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Duclair. For 2025, the figures show 104 offenses here.
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 · When vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (7.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Duclair has a median age of 48.3 years. People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Duclair | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 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.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.45/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.42/m² a month, close to Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 142 houses and apartments changed hands in Duclair from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,000/m² | 121 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
10.0% 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%). Unemployment stands at 10.4%. Median disposable income comes to €25,260 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 Duclair. Best known first.
MuseumMusée août 44in townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Launay2.5 km north, in Saint-PaërChâteauChâteauManoir de la Cheminée Tournante5 km south, in Anneville-AmbourvilleChâteauChâteauManoir des Templiers d'Ambourville3.7 km southeast, in Anneville-AmbourvillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of Duclair’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château du Taillis: Photo: Stagiaire FMH · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Duclair.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duclair | 3,996 | — | C | C+ | B+ | C |
| Le Trait | 4,704 | 2.9 | C | B | C | B+ |
| Arelaune-en-Seine | 2,546 | 5.1 | B | B+ | A | B+ |
| Barentin | 12,022 | 5.4 | C | B | C | C |
| Pavilly | 6,029 | 6.7 | C | B− | B | D |
| Rives-en-Seine | 4,002 | 7 | C | B− | B | C+ |
| Maromme | 10,957 | 7.4 | C− | B− | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #22 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #58 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Duclair grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Duclair is a commune of 3,996 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 October 30, 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.