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This town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy has a population of 1,564.
Buying 70 m² at the median €1,661/m² takes 4.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Terroir de Caux. Its strongest is walkability: 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Tôtes 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 Tôtes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tôtes 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.
Tôtes 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 Tôtes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bosmelet, in Val-de-Scie, 4 mi away.
11% 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 Tôtes.
The median disposable income was €23,920 a year per consumption unit, close to Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.5% of working residents in Tôtes went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% are under 15, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 23% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Tôtes | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.27/m² a month, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.28/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,630/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 119 residents of Tôtes died, against 131 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Tôtes is Clinique du Cedre, 15.2 mi away. Life expectancy in Seine-Maritime: 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Tôtes can choose among 3 GPs.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
In 2025, 14 offenses were recorded in Tôtes. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.2. Police and gendarmerie recorded 14 offenses in the graded categories here in 2025.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 40.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Tôtes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Tôtes.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Tôtes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tôtes grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Tôtes is a commune of 1,564 people in the Communauté de communes Terroir de Caux. 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.