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1,300 residents make their home in this town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results are strong (A−): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,770/m² takes 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Côte d'Albâtre. Jobs & income is its weak spot — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Néville 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 2 things Néville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Néville 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.
Néville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Néville has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Néville.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Seine-Maritime, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 72 deaths in Néville between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 110: 34% below. The nearest emergency department to Néville is Chi du Pays des Hautes Falaises Fecamp, 15.3 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Unemployment stands at 10.2%. The median disposable income was €25,470 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015). 3.3% of Néville’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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.
The bac pass rate near Néville is 99.0%, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For collège, the closest is 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jehan le PôvremoyneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 91%±0 pts |
| Lycée de la Côte d'AlbâtreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 158 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: just over a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Néville by age and the one in the middle is 46.6.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Néville | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Néville is Chapelle de Pleine-Sevette.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.49/m² a month, near Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 53 homes in Néville. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.45/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,770/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Néville. Best known first.
Néville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle de Pleine-Sevette: Photo: Lithos78 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Néville yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Néville | 1,300 | — | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Saint-Valery-en-Caux | 3,851 | 2.6 | B | C | B+ | D |
| Cany-Barville | 2,909 | 4 | B− | B | B+ | C− |
| Terres-de-Caux | 4,245 | 13 | B | B | A+ | C |
| Yerville | 2,731 | 14 | B+ | B | A− | B− |
| Yvetot | 11,438 | 15 | C− | B− | C− | C |
| Offranville | 3,242 | 15 | A− | C− | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Néville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Néville grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Néville is a commune of 1,300 people in the Communauté de communes de la Côte d'Albâtre. 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 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.