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A town of 10,957 in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
With a C− overall, Maromme is better than nearly a quarter of compared French towns and ranks #46 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,518/m² costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Métropole Rouen Normandie. It also does well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 14.7 recorded violent incidents and 18.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Maromme does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Maromme 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 Maromme 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, 2.7 mi away.
4.8% 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 Maromme. Best known first.
MuseumMusée maritime fluvial et portuaire de Rouen4.1 km southeast, in Rouen
MuseumPavillon Flaubert5 km south, in Canteleu
ChâteauChâteau de Canteleu4.8 km south, in Canteleu
MuseumMusée Flaubert et d'Histoire de la médecine4.9 km southeast, in Rouen
MuseumMusée industriel de la corderie Vallois1.9 km north, in Notre-Dame-de-BondevillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maromme.
Half of residents lived on more than €20,350 a year per consumption unit, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Public transport took 16.2% of Maromme’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 342 offenses in Maromme. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (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, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Maromme, 91.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #52 of 75 in Seine-Maritime on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège AlainNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 85%+5 pts |
| Lycée de la Vallée du CaillyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 273 | 91%−2 pts |
| Lycée privé Providence Sainte-Thérèse PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 56 | 100%+2 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 17 general practitioners in Maromme. In Seine-Maritime, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,235 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,179, 5% 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents. Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%). Typical age in Maromme: 42.9, the median.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Maromme | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 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.
The median price, €1,518/m², comes from 354 sales of houses and apartments in Maromme from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses sell for €2,078/m² here, apartments for €1,294/m². Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 354 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,078/m² | 140 |
| Apartments | €1,294/m² | 214 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Maromme is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
7 notable people were born in Maromme.
Désiré François Laugée: Désiré François Laugée, Public domain · Lucien Duquesne: Agence Rol, Public domain · Charles Besselièvre: Giogo, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maromme | 10,957 | — | C− | B− | D | B+ |
| Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville | 7,071 | 0.8 | C− | C | C+ | C+ |
| Déville-lès-Rouen | 10,802 | 1 | D | C | C− | C |
| Canteleu | 14,402 | 2 | C− | C+ | C− | C− |
| Le Houlme | 4,130 | 2.1 | C− | C+ | C | A− |
| Mont-Saint-Aignan | 20,165 | 2.1 | B | C− | C | B+ |
| Houppeville | 2,814 | 2.6 | — | C− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #62 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 105 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 25% of compared French towns and #52 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 €1,518/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.51/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maromme grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Maromme is a commune of 10,957 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.