Jobs and pay hold up well (A−): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B for walkability. 58% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Barneville-Carteret 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.
Each subject compares Barneville-Carteret 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Église de Barneville · Classé · Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 4.0
Barneville-Carteret’s story
Barneville-Carteret in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Barneville-Carteret: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1906.
Nicolas Dutot, born in 1684, is the one person born in Barneville-Carteret before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barneville-Carteret.
Who lives here
Children make up only 7.7% of Barneville-Carteret, fewer than in Manche’s towns and compared French towns
30% of adults hold a degree, higher than Manche’s towns (22%) and near compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 48% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 6.6% of the town.
63.8median age
Barneville-CarteretManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
48%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 80 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
HousingCost of living C
A home in Barneville-Carteret sells for €3,397/m², more than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Barneville-Carteret, houses go for €3,447/m² and apartments for €3,010/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.31/m² a month, between Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.27/m² a month.
€3,397/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Barneville-Carteret€3,397/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,447/m²
165
Apartments
€3,010/m²
48
€11.31/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.78 to €14.57/m² a month)
9.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Barneville-Carteret: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Église de Barneville. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, between Manche’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
The median disposable income in Barneville-Carteret is €27,030 a year per consumption unit, against €24,970 in Manche’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 8.7%, about level with Manche’s towns (8.8%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). 6.6% of Barneville-Carteret’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
850
jobs based in Barneville-Carteret, 1.2 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Barneville-Carteret is 16.1 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (131 places) count their residents as Barneville-Carteret’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. The town has 2 family doctors. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Manche can expect 85.5 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 610 residents of Barneville-Carteret died, against 548 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Barneville-Carteret · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chpc site Valognes
19.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Public du Cotentin
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Barneville-Carteret: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Barneville-Carteret
Is Barneville-Carteret safe?
Barneville-Carteret has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 850 jobs for 700 working residents, Barneville-Carteret draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is Barneville-Carteret expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Barneville-Carteret grades C for cost of living.
About Barneville-Carteret
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Barneville-Carteret is a commune of 2,223 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin. 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.
