Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 50 residents, it is a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
At under 1,000 residents, La Bellière is too small for the grades other French towns get. 18% of homes here are second homes. Over-65s are only 15% of the population.
The 2 things La Bellière does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Bellière as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Gaillefontaine, in Gaillefontaine, 3.4 mi away.
52% 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 La Bellière.
Under-15s account for 19% of the population. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, near Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). 15% of residents are 65 or over.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Bellière | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one. At the lycées within 5 km of La Bellière, 93.1% passed the bac, higher than Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and near compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 98 | 87%−1 pt |
| Lycée Delamare-DebouttevilleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 226 | 96%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.60/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and other places to visit in and near La Bellière. Best known first.
Nothing in La Bellière 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 La Bellière 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bellière | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Forges-les-Eaux | 3,642 | 2.3 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Gournay-en-Bray | 5,723 | 10 | C− | A− | D | B− |
| Buchy | 2,815 | 11 | A− | A− | B | C− |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray | 4,662 | 11 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Grandvilliers Oise | 2,786 | 16 | C− | B | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
La Bellière is a commune of 50 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 9, 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.