Gournay-en-Bray’s schools fall short: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. It also trails on safety: an average of 18.1 recorded violent incidents and 20.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Where it does best is walkability (A) — 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at C−, #49 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Set against the rest, it does better than 18% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Gournay-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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Gournay-en-Bray sits above 94% of compared French towns
18.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Gournay-en-Bray has 3,250 jobs for 1,900 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. For 2025, the figures show 244 offenses locally. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage68
Family violence53
Other physical violence50
Sexual violence33
Vehicle theft28
Burglary12
Theft without violence51
Fraud44
Drug use32
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.
18.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
244
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.6%
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 · When armed robbery and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.6% of the index here). 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Gournay-en-Bray has higher unemployment than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 16.2%
18%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 18.3% 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%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €21,490 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot13%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
3,250
jobs based in Gournay-en-Bray, 1.7 per working resident
16.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Gournay-en-Bray: 31% are 65 or over, above Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
51.9median age
Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. 12% of adults hold a degree, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Half the people of Gournay-en-Bray are older than 51.9.
Gournay-en-BraySeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma36%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education12%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Gournay-en-Bray than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.51/m² a month
€1,499/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Gournay-en-Bray sell for €1,538/m² and apartments for €1,466/m². The median price, €1,499/m², comes from 178 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gournay-en-Bray€1,499/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,538/m²
134
Apartments
€1,466/m²
44
€9.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.61 to €11.87/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.13/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
History
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Gournay-en-Bray is Église Saint-Hildebert. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Gournay-en-Bray has a higher adjusted death rate than 54% of compared French towns
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
11 GPs practise in Gournay-en-Bray. Its four care homes for older people (254 places) count their residents as Gournay-en-Bray’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 871 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,017, 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Gournay-en-Bray is Centre hospitalier de Gisors, 14 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Gournay-en-Bray · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gisors
14.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Gisors
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Gournay-en-Bray is a commune of 5,723 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
5,723 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières en Bray
Département
Seine-Maritime (76)
Région
Normandy
Area
4 sq mi (10.4 km²)
INSEE code
76312
Gournay-en-Bray’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gournay-en-Bray
Is Gournay-en-Bray safe?
It grades D for safety, #67 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gournay-en-Bray good?
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns and #73 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gournay-en-Bray expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,499/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gournay-en-Bray grades A− for cost of living.
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.
