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FongueusemareSeine-Maritime

Population 175: a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.

Is Fongueusemare a good place to live?

Fongueusemare is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. One in ten homes here are second homes. Few residents are of retirement age: 13% are 65 or over.

What makes Fongueusemare stand out

The 2 things Fongueusemare does most differently from other towns.

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Fongueusemare’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Fongueusemare’s story

No historic monuments in Fongueusemare

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

The nearest classé monument is Manoir de l'Ecluse, in Criquetot-l'Esneval, 3 mi away.

32% 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 Fongueusemare.

Who lives here

A town of families: 27% of people in Fongueusemare are under 15, more than in both Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

Graduates make up 29% of adults. The median resident of Fongueusemare is 36.9 years old. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, lower than Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and near compared French towns (11%).

36.9median age
FongueusemareSeine-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fongueusemare
FongueusemareSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1527%17%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4424%23%23%
45–6426%25%26%
65+13%23%22%
No diploma16%25%19%
CAP or BEP30%28%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education29%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Fongueusemare has lower unemployment than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 4.9%

At the census, 17.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Seine-Maritime’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €26,510 a year per consumption unit.

18%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
On foot15%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Fongueusemare, 0.3 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,510
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Fongueusemare costs less than in both Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.89/m² a month

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

The market in Fongueusemare: 3 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.89/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fongueusemare€9.89/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Seine-Maritime median€11.96/m²
€9.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.88 to €12.42/m² a month)
€11.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Fongueusemare

12pages on Fongueusemare

Landmarks

Nothing in Fongueusemare is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Fongueusemare

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fongueusemare yet.

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Fongueusemare’s 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 →
Criquetot-l'EsnevalGodervilleFécampÉpouvilleBolbecSaint-Romain-de-ColboscCriquetot-l'EsnevalGodervilleFécampÉpouvilleBolbecSaint-Romain-de-ColboscFongueusemare
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fongueusemare175—————
Criquetot-l'Esneval2,6683.2CCB+C
Goderville2,8183.4—C+—B
Fécamp17,3136.1DC+C−D
Épouville2,6018.8—C—B+
Bolbec11,59011C−A−C−D
Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc4,78011B−C−A−D

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

About Fongueusemare

Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy

Fongueusemare is a commune of 175 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

Population
175 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine Le Havre Seine Métropole
Département
Seine-Maritime (76)
Région
Normandy
Area
4.6 sq mi (12 km²)
INSEE code
76268

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 4, 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.