Gaillefontaine’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is its weak spot (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 17.3% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Gaillefontaine 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 Gaillefontaine 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gaillefontaine.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Gaillefontaine’s ages would predict, 112 per 100 expected, above Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Gaillefontaine has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Gaillefontaine is Ch Beauvais, 24.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 296 residents of Gaillefontaine died, against 194 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 52% more. Women in Seine-Maritime live to 84.7 on average and men to 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw152
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Gaillefontaine · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
24.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Beauvais
24.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Beauvais
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Gaillefontaine costs less than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,197/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.86/m² a month, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 44 houses and apartments changed hands in Gaillefontaine from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.81/m² a month.
€1,197/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gaillefontaine€1,197/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,197/m²
44
€9.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.17 to €11.92/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,870
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières en Bray
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Gaillefontaine hold a degree than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 11%
Retirement age and beyond: 28% of residents are 65 or older. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.9%, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.
48.7median age
GaillefontaineSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma41%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat10%
Higher education11%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Gaillefontaine, 17.3%, runs above Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €20,830 a year per consumption unit, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Gaillefontaine, 0.9 per working resident
17.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Gaillefontaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Graded property crimes ran at 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.4 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Gaillefontaine show 13 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage8
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence7
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
70.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 70.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gaillefontaine
Is Gaillefontaine safe?
Gaillefontaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Gaillefontaine expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gaillefontaine grades A− for cost of living.
About Gaillefontaine
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Gaillefontaine is a commune of 1,108 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
Population
1,108 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières en Bray
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.
