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OcquevilleSeine-Maritime

A town of 431 in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.

Is Ocqueville a good place to live?

Ocqueville is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes.

What makes Ocqueville stand out

The one thing Ocqueville does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Catteville
Château de Catteville · Inscrit · Photo: Paubry · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ocqueville’s story

Ocqueville in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ocqueville, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1975First protected: Château de Catteville
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Landmarks

Ocqueville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de Catteville: Photo: Paubry · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ocqueville.

History

Old homes shape Ocqueville: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns

1historic monument

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ocqueville, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
1975
first monument protected
26%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up 19% of Ocqueville, above Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

45.9median age

People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6% of the town, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 20% of the population. Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults.

OcquevilleSeine-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ocqueville
OcquevilleSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1519%17%17%
15–249.6%11%11%
25–4420%23%23%
45–6431%25%26%
65+20%23%22%
No diploma21%25%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education22%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Ocqueville walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 4.4%

4%walk, cycle or take transit

For its 200 residents in work, Ocqueville has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. Half of residents lived on more than €26,170 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015). Also worth knowing: of those in the labour force, 11.4% are unemployed.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
50
jobs based in Ocqueville, 0.2 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

85.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.4 mi off. General-bac pupils go 4.3 mi to the nearest lycée.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ocqueville85.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Louis BouilhetNearest collègeCollègeCollège13285%−1 pt
85.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Ocqueville costs less than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.58/m² a month

€10.58/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 11 homes in Ocqueville. A house rents for an estimated €8.82/m² a month.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ocqueville€10.58/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Seine-Maritime median€11.96/m²
€10.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.66 to €12.92/m² a month)
€8.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ocqueville

13pages on Ocqueville
Nearby attractions

Château de Catteville and 3 more in and around Ocqueville

Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Ocqueville. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Ocqueville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ocqueville yet.

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About Ocqueville

Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy

Ocqueville is a commune of 431 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

Population
431 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Côte d'Albâtre
Département
Seine-Maritime (76)
Région
Normandy
Area
3.5 sq mi (9.1 km²)
INSEE code
76480

Ocqueville’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Seine-Maritime →
Cany-BarvilleSaint-Valery-en-CauxTerres-de-CauxYvetotYervilleFécampCany-BarvilleSaint-Valery-en-CauxTerres-de-CauxYvetotYervilleFécampOcqueville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ocqueville431—————
Cany-Barville2,9092.2B−BB+C−
Saint-Valery-en-Caux3,8514.5BCB+D
Terres-de-Caux4,24511BBA+C
Yvetot11,43813C−B−C−C
Yerville2,73113B+BA−B−
Fécamp17,31314DC+C−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.