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Some 1,084 people live in this town, in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Épreville’s strongest is jobs & income — 1.3 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is walkability: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Épreville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Épreville 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.
Épreville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Épreville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Portions de l'oppidum Camp du Canada, in Fécamp, 3.1 mi away.
16% 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 Épreville.
2.7% 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%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,190 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Seine-Maritime, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 77 deaths in Épreville from 2016 to 2025; there were 62, 20% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Épreville is Chi du Pays des Hautes Falaises Fecamp, 2.7 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.71/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 21 homes were sold in Épreville.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. Degrees are held by 22% of adults, about level with Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Épreville by age and the one in the middle is 43.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Épreville | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 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.
The bac pro: 83% of 95 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The town’s pupils have a collège 3.4 mi away. Near Épreville, 91.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with both Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Guy de MaupassantNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 339 | 94%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Épreville. Best known first.
Nothing in Épreville 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 Épreville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épreville | 1,084 | — | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Fécamp | 17,313 | 3.2 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Goderville | 2,818 | 4.3 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Criquetot-l'Esneval | 2,668 | 6.5 | C | C | B+ | C |
| Bolbec | 11,590 | 11 | C− | A− | C− | D |
| Terres-de-Caux | 4,245 | 11 | B | B | A+ | C |
| Gruchet-le-Valasse | 3,008 | 12 | A | B+ | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Épreville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 700 jobs for 500 working residents, Épreville draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Épreville is a commune of 1,084 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Fécamp Caux Littoral Agglomération. 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) · 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.