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FreslesSeine-Maritime

222 people live in this town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.

Is Fresles a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Fresles falls below the line for grades.

Église
Église · Classé · Photo: Antoine Garnier · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fresles’ story

Fresles in pictures

Fresles has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fresles.

Who lives here

Fresles has fewer older residents than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 17% are 65 or over

Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. Degrees are held by 30% of adults, higher than Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and near compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.

45median age
FreslesSeine-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fresles
FreslesSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1518%17%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4421%23%23%
45–6433%25%26%
65+17%23%22%
No diploma14%25%19%
CAP or BEP31%28%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education30%22%30%

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

History

Fresles keeps more of its old housing than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1970
first monument protected
26%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Fresles, 2.8%, runs below Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

0.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Fresles holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €25,370 a year per consumption unit, higher than Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and near compared French towns (€25,970).

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Fresles, 0.3 per working resident
2.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Fresles is €11.21/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Fresles.

€11.21/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fresles€11.21/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Seine-Maritime median€11.96/m²
€11.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.01 to €13.93/m² a month)
€8.89/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Mesnières and 4 more in and around Fresles

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Fresles. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Fresles

12pages on Fresles

Landmarks

Fresles has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Fresles

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

How we find them →

Fresles’ 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 →
Neufchâtel-en-BrayVal-de-ScieBuchySaint-Nicolas-d'AliermontForges-les-EauxOffranvilleNeufchâtel-en-BrayVal-de-ScieBuchySaint-Nicolas-d'AliermontForges-les-EauxOffranvilleFresles
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fresles222—————
Neufchâtel-en-Bray4,6625C−B+DC
Val-de-Scie2,5309.4B−BAB−
Buchy2,81511A−A−BC−
Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont3,66511B+BAB+
Forges-les-Eaux3,64213C+B+C+C−
Offranville3,24216A−C−A+B+

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

About Fresles

Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy

Fresles is a commune of 222 people in the Communauté de communes Communauté Bray-Eawy. 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
222 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Communauté Bray-Eawy
Département
Seine-Maritime (76)
Région
Normandy
Area
4.2 sq mi (10.9 km²)
INSEE code
76283

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.