Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,211 residents and lies in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. At €1,963/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Caux Seine Agglo. Getting around depends on the car (D−). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Petiville 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 one thing Petiville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Petiville 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.
Petiville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Petiville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines du théâtre antique, in Lillebonne, 4.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Petiville.
3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €28,370 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stands at 6.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a quarter of adults hold a degree, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) but below compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.2% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Petiville | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 68 residents of Petiville died, against 82 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. At birth, a girl in Seine-Maritime can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Petiville is Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine, 4.3 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
46 sales of houses and apartments in Petiville, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,963/m². House rents are put at about €9.46/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,963/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert CalmetteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 84%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Sexual violence topped the graded crimes in Petiville (2025). Violence against people ran at 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 5 (2023–2025 average).
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (100.0% of the index here).
Nothing in Petiville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Petiville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petiville | 1,211 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine | 10,617 | 2.2 | A− | B | A | B+ |
| Lillebonne | 8,541 | 4.6 | C− | B | C+ | D− |
| Rives-en-Seine | 4,002 | 7.6 | C | B− | B | C+ |
| Gruchet-le-Valasse | 3,008 | 7.8 | A | B+ | A | A− |
| Arelaune-en-Seine | 2,546 | 7.8 | B | B+ | A | B+ |
| Pont-Audemer Eure | 10,023 | 8.4 | C− | C+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Petiville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. 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 €1,963/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Petiville grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Petiville is a commune of 1,211 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Caux Seine Agglo. 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.