Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
4,130 people live in this town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Le Houlme’s schools fall short: bac results 7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.3 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 13.3% unemployment. Fewer journeys need a car (A): nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,867/m² takes 5.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole Rouen Normandie. Health is another plus (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at C−, #43 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. On that grade it does better than nearly a quarter of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Le Houlme 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.
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The one thing Le Houlme does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Houlme as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in Houppeville, 1.9 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Le Houlme is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Houlme.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Le Houlme, 77.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (84.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The nearest collège is 0.8 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean ZayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 75%−9 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Bernard PalissyNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 143 | 74%−7 pts |
| Collège AlainBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 130 | 85%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 13.3%, near Seine-Maritime’s towns (12.8%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Nearly a fifth of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income is €23,340 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 469 residents of Le Houlme died, against 420 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more. Life expectancy in Seine-Maritime: 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Le Houlme can choose among 4 GPs.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.3 cases of violence against people and 16.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 121 offenses in Le Houlme in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.88/m² a month, higher than Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 120 homes were sold in Le Houlme. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.74/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,853/m² | 111 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. The middle age in Le Houlme is 40.9. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, close to both Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Le Houlme | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Le Houlme. Best known first.
MuseumMusée industriel de la corderie Vallois1.8 km southeast, in Notre-Dame-de-BondevilleMuseumMuseumLe Shed3.1 km south, in MarommePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Houlme as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Le Houlme is a commune of 4,130 people in the Métropole Rouen Normandie. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Houlme | 4,130 | — | C− | C+ | C | A− |
| Malaunay | 6,221 | 1.3 | C+ | C | B+ | A− |
| Houppeville | 2,814 | 1.8 | — | C− | — | A |
| Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville | 7,071 | 1.8 | C− | C | C+ | C+ |
| Maromme | 10,957 | 2.1 | C− | B− | D | B+ |
| Déville-lès-Rouen | 10,802 | 3 | D | C | C− | C |
| Montville | 4,625 | 3.2 | B+ | B | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #38 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #70 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Houlme grades C+ for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.