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It is a town of 1,669 residents in Seine-Maritime, Normandy. Over-65s are 29% of the population.
Crime is low: an average of 9.6 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,795/m² takes 5.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières en Bray. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Ferrières-en-Bray 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 Ferrières-en-Bray 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.
Ferrières-en-Bray has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Ferrières-en-Bray does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ferrières-en-Bray as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hildebert, in Gournay-en-Bray, 0.8 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Ferrières-en-Bray is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ferrières-en-Bray.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 13.1 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège RollonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 74 | 77%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 15% of the population here. 29% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Ferrières-en-Bray are older than 49.5.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ferrières-en-Bray | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 191 deaths in Ferrières-en-Bray from 2016 to 2025; there were 180, 6% fewer. Adjusted mortality here: 94 deaths for every 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Ferrières-en-Bray is Centre hospitalier de Gisors, 14 mi away. Women in Seine-Maritime live to 84.7 on average and men to 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 34 offenses in Ferrières-en-Bray in 2025. With 800 jobs for 600 working residents, Ferrières-en-Bray draws people in from neighbouring communes. In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes 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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 21.7% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
12.5% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Seine-Maritime’s towns (12.8%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Ferrières-en-Bray went to work by public transport. Median disposable income is €24,160 a year for each consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 55 homes in Ferrières-en-Bray. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.44/m² a month, close to Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.54/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,804/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Ferrières-en-Bray.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Ferrières-en-Bray is a commune of 1,669 people in the Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières en Bray. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrières-en-Bray | 1,669 | — | — | C+ | B | C |
| Gournay-en-Bray | 5,723 | 1.2 | C− | A− | D | B− |
| Sérifontaine Oise | 2,784 | 9.2 | C− | B− | B | D− |
| Forges-les-Eaux | 3,642 | 13 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Auneuil Oise | 2,898 | 14 | C+ | C | B | A− |
| Étrépagny Eure | 3,670 | 14 | B+ | C+ | B+ | D |
| Gisors Eure | 12,410 | 14 | D | C− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ferrières-en-Bray grades C+ for cost of living.
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.