Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 6,221 residents in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Malaunay’s schools fall short: brevet results 2.9 points below the expected rate. Its overall grade is C+, better than 42% of compared French towns. That places it #28 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. Health outcomes beat most towns (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,159/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Métropole Rouen Normandie. Safety is another plus (B+) — an average of 7.3 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Malaunay 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 Malaunay 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, 2.2 mi away.
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Malaunay.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Malaunay, 83.1% passed the brevet, near Seine-Maritime’s towns (84.0%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.4 mi away. Also worth knowing: schools rank #56 of 75 in Seine-Maritime.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean ZayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 75%−9 pts |
| Collège Eugène NoëlBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 106 | 91%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 5 general practitioners in Malaunay. 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. From 2016 to 2025, 411 residents of Malaunay died, against 449 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,159/m², comes from 182 sales of houses and apartments in Malaunay from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.36/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,141/m² | 178 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Malaunay (2025). For 2025, the figures show 114 offenses locally.
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 theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (12.8%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.1% of working residents in Malaunay didn’t travel to work at all. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,160 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. 29% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%). Residents of Malaunay have a median age of 40.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Malaunay | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Malaunay. Best known first.
MuseumMusée industriel de la corderie Vallois3.7 km south, in Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
MuseumMusée des sapeurs-pompiers de France3.4 km northeast, in MontvilleMuseumMuseumLe Shed4.5 km south, in Notre-Dame-de-BondevillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Malaunay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Malaunay.
Alice Beuns: Agence Rol, Public domain · Germaine Pican: magazine Elle, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaunay | 6,221 | — | C+ | C | B+ | A− |
| Le Houlme | 4,130 | 1.3 | C− | C+ | C | A− |
| Houppeville | 2,814 | 2 | — | C− | — | A |
| Montville | 4,625 | 2.1 | B+ | B | A− | B+ |
| Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville | 7,071 | 3 | C− | C | C+ | C+ |
| Maromme | 10,957 | 3.4 | C− | B− | D | B+ |
| Barentin | 12,022 | 4.2 | C | B | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #20 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #56 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. 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 €2,159/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.93/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Malaunay grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Malaunay is a commune of 6,221 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.
