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With 1,454 residents, it is a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Where it does best is cost of living (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy does well: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Its weakest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% 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 · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Val-de-Saâne 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 Val-de-Saâne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Val-de-Saâne 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.
Val-de-Saâne 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 Val-de-Saâne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Bretteville, in Bretteville-Saint-Laurent, 5.4 mi away.
16% 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 Val-de-Saâne.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,764/m², comes from 36 sales of houses and apartments in Val-de-Saâne from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 36 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,764/m² | 36 |
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.
Its two care homes for older people (77 places) count their residents as Val-de-Saâne’s; allowing for them, deaths were 5% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 167 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 258, 55% more. The nearest emergency department to Val-de-Saâne is Ch Dieppe, 15.4 mi away. Also worth knowing: in Seine-Maritime, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
At the census, 7.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,990 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% are under 15, higher than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.7% of the town. The age that splits Val-de-Saâne in two is 44.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Val-de-Saâne | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Val-de-Saâne 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 Val-de-Saâne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-de-Saâne | 1,454 | — | — | A− | — | C |
| Yerville | 2,731 | 4.3 | B+ | B | A− | B− |
| Val-de-Scie | 2,530 | 7 | B− | B | A | B− |
| Pavilly | 6,029 | 9.6 | C | B− | B | D |
| Yvetot | 11,438 | 11 | C− | B− | C− | C |
| Barentin | 12,022 | 11 | C | B | C | C |
| Offranville | 3,242 | 12 | A− | C− | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Val-de-Saâne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 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 €1,764/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Val-de-Saâne grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Val-de-Saâne is a commune of 1,454 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.