Avranches grades B overall: better than 57% of compared French towns, and #19 of 27 in Manche. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 13.3 recorded violent incidents and 25.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,137/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Its strongest is walkability (A): 82% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Avranches 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 Avranches.
Safety
Avranches records more crime per resident than 95% of compared French towns
No compared town in Manche has more graded crime per resident than Avranches: it ranks last of 27. Police and gendarmerie recorded 309 offenses in the graded categories in Avranches in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here.
13.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage127
Family violence43
Other physical violence40
Sexual violence35
Theft from vehicles24
Burglary23
Vehicle theft17
Fraud74
Theft without violence66
Drug use60
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.
13.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
309
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Avranches is easier to get around on foot than 89% of compared French towns
At the census, 19.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 11.9% of the labour force are out of work. Avranches has 9,050 jobs for 3,950 working residents, 2.3 per worker.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot15%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
9,050
jobs based in Avranches, 2.3 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
8 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2025
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Avranches: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 7 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2025.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Avranches skews young, with 12% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Manche’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Avranches comes above both Manche’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 13% of residents.
49.6median age
AvranchesManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Avranches’ ages would predict, 81 per 100 expected, under Manche’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Avranches, that is below both Manche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,477 residents of Avranches died, against 1,551 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
18
GPs in Avranches · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Avranches
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Avranches
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,137/m², comes from 353 sales of houses and apartments in Avranches from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.08/m² a month, above Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,137/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Avranches€2,137/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,206/m²
201
Apartments
€2,074/m²
152
€11.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.40 to €14.63/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
Demeure dite le Doyenné: Photo: Ptyx · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Saint-Georges-de-Bouillé: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anciennes fortifications: Photo: Guiguilacagouille · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: MathildeEtGeorges · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jean-Luc Ponty: Claude Renault, CC BY 2.0 · Samuel Le Bihan: Julienmorvan, Public domain · Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour: Étienne Carjat, Public domain · Fredy Fautrel: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Marie Valhubert: Jean-François Pierre Peyron, Public domain · Jacques Alingue: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0
Avranches’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Avranches
Is Avranches safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 127 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Avranches good?
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns and #11 of 29 in Manche. 97% of 336 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Émile Littré in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Avranches expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,137/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €2,206/m² (201 sales), apartments €2,074/m² (152 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Avranches grades C+ for cost of living.
About Avranches
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Avranches is a commune of 10,143 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. 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.
