School results are strong: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Agon-Coutainville’s overall grade of A− puts it better than 80% of compared French towns, #11 of 27 in Manche. The catch is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Agon-Coutainville 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Agon-Coutainville.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Agon-Coutainville than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 8.5% are under 15
People aged 15 to 24 make up 6% of the town, below Manche’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Over-65s are 48% of the population. Graduates make up just over a third of adults.
63.8median age
Agon-CoutainvilleManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
48%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Agon-Coutainville than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 96.0%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #2 of 29 in Manche. Collège pupils travel 1.2 mi to the nearest one. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 6.4 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Buying in Agon-Coutainville costs more than in Manche’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,837/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Manche costs more to buy into than Agon-Coutainville, at €3,837/m², the highest of 39. The estimated advertised rent is €12.14/m² a month, higher than Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 91% of what sold.
€3,837/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Agon-Coutainville€3,837/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,781/m²
184
€12.14/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.91 to €16.53/m² a month)
10.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Coutances Mer et Bocage
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Agon-Coutainville run below what its ages would predict: 82 per 100 expected, fewer than in Manche’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Agon-Coutainville is Centre hospitalier de Coutances, 6.5 mi away. 608 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 661: 8% below. Life expectancy in Manche: 85.5 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 6 general practitioners in the town.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Agon-Coutainville · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Coutances
22.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Agon-Coutainville: 1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, close to Manche’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (7.4%). The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Agon-Coutainville run higher than in Manche’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €30,050 a year per consumption unit
Jobs located in Agon-Coutainville: 1,000, for 900 residents in work (1.1 each). At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Agon-Coutainville went to work by public transport. The unemployment rate comes to 9.4%.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot5%
Bicycle5%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Agon-Coutainville, 1.1 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Agon-Coutainville ranks below 53% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Violence against people ran at 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.4 (2023–2025 average). All told, Agon-Coutainville had 38 recorded offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage29
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence28
Fraud27
Drug use10
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
38
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
10.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 10.0% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Manoir de Coutainville and 5 more in and around Agon-Coutainville
Heritage in and near Agon-Coutainville. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Agon-Coutainville
Is Agon-Coutainville safe?
It grades B− for safety, #18 of 27 in Manche. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Agon-Coutainville good?
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #2 of 29 in Manche. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Agon-Coutainville expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Agon-Coutainville grades C− for cost of living.
About Agon-Coutainville
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Agon-Coutainville is a commune of 3,020 people in the Communauté de communes Coutances Mer et Bocage. 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
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.
