Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,500 residents, it is a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Montmain’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on jobs & income as well — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.2% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,261/m² costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Métropole Rouen Normandie. The weak point is walkability: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Montmain 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 Montmain 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.
Montmain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Montmain does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montmain 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, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Montmain 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 Montmain.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Seine-Maritime live to 84.7 on average and men to 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 57 residents of Montmain died, against 89 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Montmain is Hopital Charles Nicolle Chu Rouen, 6.6 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
5.2% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (12.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.9% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.9%. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The under-15s are 19% of the population here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Montmain | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 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.
Collège pupils travel 2.5 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 3.7 mi away.
| 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,261/m², comes from 59 sales of houses and apartments in Montmain from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,261/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Montmain.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Montmain is a commune of 1,500 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmain | 1,500 | — | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Boos | 3,975 | 2.4 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal | 3,117 | 2.9 | A− | C | A | C |
| Franqueville-Saint-Pierre | 6,171 | 3.3 | A | D | A | B |
| Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis | 3,633 | 4.4 | A− | C | A | A− |
| Le Mesnil-Esnard | 8,177 | 4.7 | B | D | B− | A− |
| Darnétal | 9,566 | 5 | C− | C | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montmain 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 4.1 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 €2,261/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montmain 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 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.