Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 139: a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
At under 1,000 residents, Fry is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fry as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église d'Hodeng, in Hodeng-Hodenger, 1.7 mi away.
48% 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 Fry.
Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Fry | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 2.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €23,890 a year per consumption unit, close to Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Fry didn’t travel to work at all. Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 3 homes were sold in Fry. House rents are put at about €8.60/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Fry. Best known first.
Nothing in Fry 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 Fry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fry | 139 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Forges-les-Eaux | 3,642 | 5.8 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Buchy | 2,815 | 8.9 | A− | A− | B | C− |
| Gournay-en-Bray | 5,723 | 9 | C− | A− | D | B− |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray | 4,662 | 15 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal | 3,117 | 16 | A− | C | A | C |
| Étrépagny Eure | 3,670 | 16 | B+ | C+ | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Fry is a commune of 139 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
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.