Barenton has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Barenton 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Barenton: 36% are 65 or over, above Manche’s towns and compared French towns
On this, Barenton is above both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). 7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
56.5median age
BarentonManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma36%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Money is tighter in Barenton than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,260 a year per consumption unit
In the comparison, Barenton comes below both Manche’s towns (€24,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). Barenton has 450 jobs for 400 working residents, 1.2 per worker. Unemployment stands at 8.1%.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot12%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Barenton, 1.2 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Barenton keeps more of its old housing than Manche or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Barenton, that is above both Manche’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Barenton, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Barenton’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 323 residents of Barenton died, against 268 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% more. Its care home for older people (82 places) counts its residents as Barenton’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw121
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Barenton · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chic des Andaines Domfront
16.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Jacques Monod Flers
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Barenton
Is Barenton safe?
Barenton has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Barenton expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.83/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Barenton grades A+ for cost of living.
About Barenton
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Barenton is a commune of 1,161 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.
