FR Cette page existe en français : Manche en français → Votre navigateur est réglé en français. Votre choix est retenu pour les prochaines pages. Home › France › Manche Normandy · Département 50 Find your town in Manche Manche has 445 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 39 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 63 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
27 graded towns
15 grade A− or better
445 towns and villages
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin largest · 78,258
Manche at a glance What Manche is like The median ranked town in Manche grades highest on safety and cost of living against towns across France, and lowest on health. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subject The median ranked town in Manche against French towns · the line marks the median French town
Safety A− ahead of 79% Cost of living B+ ahead of 66% Schools B ahead of 65% Walkability B ahead of 58% Jobs & income B− ahead of 49% Health B− ahead of 45% The finder
Find a town that’s… 27 towns · ordered by Manche rank
#1 in Manche A+ Town · 4,137 people · #21 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest C− Walkability
#2 in Manche A+ Town · 4,444 people · #57 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA SafetyLowest C+ Walkability
#3 in Manche A+ Town · 5,893 people · #60 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA− HealthLowest C Walkability
#4 in Manche A+ Town · 4,286 people · #70 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest B− Cost of living
#5 in Manche A+ Town · 2,784 people · #87 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ SchoolsLowest C+ Health
#6 in Manche A+ Town · 4,029 people · #142 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA− HealthLowest B− Walkability
#7 in Manche A Town · 11,484 people · #218 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Walkability
#8 in Manche A Town · 3,274 people · #303 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA SafetyLowest C Walkability
#9 in Manche A− Town · 2,961 people · #709 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Cost of livingA− HealthLowest C Safety
#10 in Manche A− Town · 5,770 people · #747 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingB+ SchoolsLowest C Safety
#11 in Manche A− Town · 3,020 people · #757 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#12 in Manche A− Town · 2,761 people · #856 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA− Cost of livingLowest D Schools
#13 in Manche A− Town · 4,507 people · #887 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA− SafetyLowest C− Cost of living
#14 in Manche A− Town · 5,018 people · #919 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA− SafetyLowest C Schools
#15 in Manche A− Town · 4,280 people · #928 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB+ SafetyLowest C Health
#16 in Manche B+ Town · 3,228 people · #1,114 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyB+ Cost of livingLowest C− Health
#17 in Manche B+ Town · 6,969 people · #1,191 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− Jobs & incomeLowest C− Health
#18 in Manche B Town · 3,487 people · #1,396 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB+ Jobs & incomeLowest C Cost of living
#19 in Manche B Town · 10,143 people · #1,642 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− SchoolsLowest D Safety
#20 in Manche B− Town · 3,903 people · #1,818 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB+ WalkabilityLowest C− Health
#21 in Manche B− Town · 19,471 people · #1,874 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ Cost of livingLowest D Safety
#22 in Manche B− Town · 10,218 people · #1,968 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest C Health
#23 in Manche B− Large town · 78,258 people · #2,057 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB− SchoolsLowest C− Health
#24 in Manche C+ Town · 3,208 people · #2,167 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Cost of livingA SafetyLowest D− Schools
#25 in Manche C+ Town · 3,146 people · #2,188 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#26 in Manche C Town · 12,510 people · #2,629 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB HealthLowest D Safety
#27 in Manche C− Town · 8,321 people · #2,924 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ Cost of livingLowest D Safety
Show all 27 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
12 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
No overall grade Towns without an overall grade Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
Bourgvallées 3,326 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Health C−, Jobs & income B+, Walkability D− Les Pieux 3,249 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B, Schools A−, Health A, Jobs & income A−, Walkability B Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living A+, Health C+, Jobs & income B−, Walkability D Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Health B, Jobs & income C+, Walkability D Sourdeval 3,026 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living A+, Health B−, Jobs & income C, Walkability B− Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B, Health D, Jobs & income B−, Walkability C+ Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living C+, Schools A, Health A−, Jobs & income B, Walkability C+ Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living A, Health B+, Jobs & income C+, Walkability C+ Grandparigny 2,605 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living A, Schools B+, Health A+, Jobs & income B+, Walkability C− Saint-Amand-Villages 2,525 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Schools A, Health C−, Jobs & income A−, Walkability D− Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B, Schools A, Health C+, Jobs & income B−, Walkability C+ Saint-Jean-d'Elle 2,516 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living A, Health A, Jobs & income B−, Walkability D− Every town and village 406 smaller towns and villages in Manche With the 39 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 445 communes of Manche, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Barenton1,161 Barneville-Carteret2,223 Blainville-sur-Mer1,600 Brécey2,172 Bretteville1,027 Bricqueville-sur-Mer1,261 Brix2,165 Canisy1,707 Cérences1,852 Cerisy-la-Forêt1,004 Cerisy-la-Salle1,005 Couville1,249 Créances2,067 Digosville1,681 Fermanville1,283 Flamanville1,639 Fleury1,101 Folligny1,119 Gavray-sur-Sienne2,047 Gonneville-Le Theil1,513 Hambye1,072 Jullouville2,394 Juvigny les Vallées1,674 La Barre-de-Semilly1,029 La Haye-Pesnel1,302 Le Teilleul1,706 Le Val-Saint-Père1,898 Les Loges-Marchis1,051 Lessay2,278 Marcey-les-Grèves1,275 Martinvast1,348 Montebourg1,925 Montmartin-sur-Mer1,425 Montsenelle1,450 Moyon Villages1,489 Orval sur Sienne1,233 Périers2,376 Pirou1,514 Pont-Hébert1,897 Quettehou1,811 Rauville-la-Bigot1,082 Remilly Les Marais1,062 Réville1,040 Romagny Fontenay1,243 Saint-Gilles1,030 Saint-Jean-des-Champs1,534 Saint-Pierre-Église1,765 Saint-Planchers1,486 Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme1,338 Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte2,114 Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches1,451 Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue1,648 Sottevast1,459 Surtainville1,166 Terre-et-Marais1,271 Tessy-Bocage2,217 Teurthéville-Hague1,037 Thèreval1,775 Tollevast1,654 Tourneville-sur-Mer1,666 Vicq-sur-Mer1,093 Yquelon1,240 Yvetot-Bocage1,212 343 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades Next door Départements next to Manche The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
What is the best place to live in Manche? Condé-sur-Vire ranks first of 27 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A+) and jobs & income (A) are its strongest grades; walkability (C−) is its lowest. Torigny-les-Villes and Bricquebec-en-Cotentin follow.
How do the biggest towns in Manche grade? Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (78,258 people) grades B− overall, with its best grade in walkability. Saint-Lô (19,471 people) grades B− overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked? By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Manche, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Manche on TownRatings? Yes: all 445 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 39 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 63 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 343 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked? The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Isigny-le-Buat and Grandparigny and Percy-en-Normandie and Les Pieux and 8 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Condé-sur-Vire, Ikmo-ned (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Torigny-les-Villes, Ikmo-ned (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Bricquebec-en-Cotentin, Xfigpower (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Agneaux, Xfigpower (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Ducey-Les Chéris, Xfigpower (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · La Haye, libre de droit mais obligation de mentionner l'auteur suiva… (Public domain ) · La Hague, Phillip Capper (CC BY 2.0 ) · Gouville-sur-Mer, Velvet (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Mortain-Bocage, Romain Bréget (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, XXCM (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Agon-Coutainville, Unknown photographer (Public domain ) · Marigny-Le-Lozon, Cameron, Harry F. (Public domain ) · Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Xfigpower (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Saint-James, Giogo (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Pontorson, Marco Usan (CC BY 3.0 ) · Picauville, USAFE AFAFRICA (CC BY 2.0 ) · Valognes, WITTYCYB (France) (CC BY 3.0 ) · Bréhal, Xfigpower (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Avranches, AirScott (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny, Cameron, Harry F. (Public domain ) · Saint-Lô, USAAF (Public domain ) · Carentan-les-Marais, Johan N (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Julien.scavini (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Saint-Sauveur-Villages, Signal Corps Archive from Ireland and United States (Public domain ) · Donville-les-Bains, Xfigpower (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Granville, Rijksmuseum (CC0 ) · Coutances, Unknown photographer (Public domain ), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
