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The town has 1,511 residents and lies in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability — nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,961/m² takes 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Caux - Austreberthe. It lags on schools as well (C+) — brevet results at the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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. Limésy 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.
The one thing Limésy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Limésy 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.
Limésy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Limésy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Sainte-Austreberthe, 2.3 mi away.
19% 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 Limésy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Seine-Maritime, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 79 deaths in Limésy between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 110: 28% below. The nearest emergency department to Limésy is Clinique du Cedre, 13 mi away.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
At the census, 5.8% of commuters got to work without a car. Limésy has 300 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income was €27,010 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015).
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 2.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les Hauts de SaffimbecNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 122 | 84%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, above both Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Limésy are older than 45.1. The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Limésy | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
41 sales of houses and apartments in Limésy, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,961/m². House rents are put at about €9.07/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,961/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Limésy. Best known first.
Nothing in Limésy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Limésy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Limésy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,961/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Limésy grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Limésy is a commune of 1,511 people in the Communauté de communes Caux - Austreberthe. 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.