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Population 1,268: a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too: 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Tancarville 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 Tancarville 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.
Tancarville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Tancarville does most differently from other towns.
Tancarville 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 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
Tancarville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Tancarville: Photo: Urban · Public domain
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tancarville.
The median disposable income was €26,580 a year per consumption unit, higher than Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 1.9% of commuters got to work without a car. A tenth of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 67 deaths in Tancarville from 2016 to 2025; there were 75, 12% more. Women in Seine-Maritime live to 84.7 on average and men to 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Tancarville is Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine, 4.6 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.
25% of adults hold a degree, between Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. Line up the people of Tancarville by age and the one in the middle is 39.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Tancarville | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 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.
57 sales of houses and apartments in Tancarville, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,910/m². The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,976/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Tancarville is Château de Tancarville. Homes from before 1919 make up 9.6% of the total, about level with Seine-Maritime’s towns (9.3%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tancarville yet.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Tancarville is a commune of 1,268 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tancarville | 1,268 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Lillebonne | 8,541 | 4.6 | C− | B | C+ | D− |
| Gruchet-le-Valasse | 3,008 | 5.1 | A | B+ | A | A− |
| Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc | 4,780 | 5.2 | B− | C− | A− | D |
| Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine | 10,617 | 5.7 | A− | B | A | B+ |
| Bolbec | 11,590 | 6 | C− | A− | C− | D |
| Gainneville | 2,548 | 9 | — | C | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tancarville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 12.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,910/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tancarville 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 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.