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Only 12% of residents are 65 or over. Population 1,245: a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is another plus: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D−). Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Mesnil-Raoul 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.
Each subject compares Mesnil-Raoul 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.
Mesnil-Raoul has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Mesnil-Raoul does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mesnil-Raoul as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien manoir des abbesses de Saint-Amand, in Boos, 3.1 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Mesnil-Raoul 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 Mesnil-Raoul.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.8% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €28,810 a year per consumption unit, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 42% of adults, higher than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 12% of the population. Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Mesnil-Raoul | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 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.
38 sales of houses and apartments in Mesnil-Raoul, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,422/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 38 homes were sold in the town. House rents are put at about €10.18/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,422/m² | 38 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Mesnil-Raoul is Hopital Charles Nicolle Chu Rouen, 8.1 mi away. 49 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 60: 19% below. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Seine-Maritime is 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 3.1 mi away. General-bac pupils go 4.9 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Masseot AbaquesneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 90%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mesnil-Raoul yet.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Mesnil-Raoul is a commune of 1,245 people in the Communauté de communes Inter-Caux-Vexin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesnil-Raoul | 1,245 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Boos | 3,975 | 3 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Romilly-sur-Andelle Eure | 3,234 | 4.2 | B− | B− | A | C+ |
| Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal | 3,117 | 4.5 | A− | C | A | C |
| Franqueville-Saint-Pierre | 6,171 | 4.5 | A | D | A | B |
| Pîtres Eure | 2,589 | 5.3 | C+ | B− | A− | C |
| Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis | 3,633 | 5.9 | A− | C | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mesnil-Raoul has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 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 38% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,422/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mesnil-Raoul grades B+ 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.