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8,177 residents make their home in this town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Good on most counts; one lags. With a B overall, Le Mesnil-Esnard is better than 61% of compared French towns and ranks #15 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Walkability is another plus: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · 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.
The one thing Le Mesnil-Esnard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Mesnil-Esnard 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Mesnil-Esnard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Basilique Notre-Dame, in Bonsecours, 1.1 mi away.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Mesnil-Esnard. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen5 km northwest, in Rouen
GardenJardin des plantes de Rouen4.8 km west, in Rouen
MuseumMusée des antiquités de Rouen4.9 km northwest, in Rouen
MuseumMuséum de Rouen4.9 km northwest, in Rouen
MuseumMusée national de l'Éducation4.3 km northwest, in RouenPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Mesnil-Esnard.
7.8% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 18.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,748/m² in Le Mesnil-Esnard, apartments for €2,794/m². The estimated advertised rent is €13.56/m² a month, higher than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 317 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,748/m² | 195 |
| Apartments | €2,794/m² | 122 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
7 GPs practise in Le Mesnil-Esnard. At birth, a girl in Seine-Maritime can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 845 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 976: 13% below.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents. Children under 15 make up 16%, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The median resident of Le Mesnil-Esnard is 47.5 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Le Mesnil-Esnard | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 78% passed the bac pro, of 383 candidates at 6 lycées. Ranked by results, schools here are #27 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Near Le Mesnil-Esnard, 92.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, in line with Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la Providence Nicolas Barré PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée privé la Châtaigneraie PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 83 | 99%+3 pts |
| Collège Georges BraqueBest against expectations: 21 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 98 | 79%+21 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Le Mesnil-Esnard were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025). Violence against people ran at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.1 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Le Mesnil-Esnard show 193 offenses in 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 · For armed robbery, 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, 0.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Le Mesnil-Esnard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Le Mesnil-Esnard.
Gérard Leseul: Guillaume.seris, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 Mesnil-Esnard | 8,177 | — | B | D | B− | A− |
| Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie | 3,265 | 1 | C | C | A− | D |
| Bonsecours | 6,442 | 1.1 | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis | 3,633 | 1.4 | A− | C | A | A− |
| Franqueville-Saint-Pierre | 6,171 | 1.5 | A | D | A | B |
| Darnétal | 9,566 | 2 | C− | C | C− | C− |
| Sotteville-lès-Rouen | 29,003 | 2.4 | D | C | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #28 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #27 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. The lycée stands out: 99% of 83 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé la Châtaigneraie in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Mesnil-Esnard grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Le Mesnil-Esnard is a commune of 8,177 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
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 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.
