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The town has 1,849 residents and lies in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Health is a strength (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,440/m² takes 5.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Inter-Caux-Vexin.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Préaux 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 Préaux 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.
Préaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Préaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Martainville, in Martainville-Épreville, 4.1 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Préaux.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 139 deaths in Préaux from 2016 to 2025; there were 95, 32% fewer. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
One measure of family life: nearly a fifth of residents are under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 20% of residents are 65 or older.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Préaux | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 53 homes were sold in Préaux. A house rents for an estimated €9.84/m² a month. That is the middle of 53 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,992/m² for the median of compared towns in Seine-Maritime.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,440/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €31,400 a year. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Préaux didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Préaux 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 Préaux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Préaux | 1,849 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Quincampoix | 3,103 | 2.9 | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Isneauville | 3,716 | 3.1 | A | D | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal | 3,117 | 3.2 | A− | C | A | C |
| Darnétal | 9,566 | 4.5 | C− | C | C− | C− |
| Bihorel | 8,316 | 4.6 | B− | C | D | B+ |
| Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis | 3,633 | 4.8 | A− | C | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Préaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.19/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Préaux grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Préaux is a commune of 1,849 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
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.