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A town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy, home to 2,601 people.
The local economy does well: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. It also does well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.9 points above the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Épouville has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Épouville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Épouville 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.
Épouville has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Épouville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien charnier, dit Aître de Brisgaret, in Montivilliers, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Épouville.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Seine-Maritime, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 235 deaths in Épouville from 2016 to 2025; there were 230, 2% fewer. This Seine-Maritime town has 4 family doctors.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.42/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 81 homes in Épouville.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,411/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,150 a year per consumption unit, above both Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and compared French towns (€25,970). The census found nearly one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, close to Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Épouville | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
94.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Épouville, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). Its schools’ results rank #29 of 75 in Seine-Maritime.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges BrassensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée Jean PrévostNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 360 | 94%−4 pts |
| Collège Institution Sainte-Croix PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 110 | 100%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Épouville were criminal damage than anything else (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.5 violent offenses and 6.6 graded property crimes a year. For 2025, the figures show 15 offenses locally.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 36.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Épouville. Best known first.
Nothing in Épouville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Épouville.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épouville | 2,601 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Montivilliers | 15,478 | 2.2 | C− | C− | C+ | C+ |
| Gainneville | 2,548 | 3.5 | — | C | — | A− |
| Harfleur | 8,289 | 3.8 | D | C | C− | C+ |
| Gonfreville-l'Orcher | 8,916 | 4 | D− | C | C− | C− |
| Fontaine-la-Mallet | 2,725 | 4 | — | D | — | A− |
| Octeville-sur-Mer | 6,172 | 4.8 | B | D | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Épouville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #29 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.40/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Épouville grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Épouville is a commune of 2,601 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Havre Seine Métropole. 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 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.