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1,600 people call this town in Manche, Normandy home. Over-65s are 33% of the population.
Schools do well (A): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. It also does well on jobs & income — 1 job per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. At the median price of €2,823/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Coutances Mer et Bocage. Where it falls short is walkability (C−): 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Blainville-sur-Mer 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 Blainville-sur-Mer 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.
Blainville-sur-Mer has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Blainville-sur-Mer does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Blainville-sur-Mer, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Blainville-sur-Mer has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir de Gonneville: Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blainville-sur-Mer.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les EmbrunsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 96%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
A third of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 12%, below Manche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up 27% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Blainville-sur-Mer | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Blainville-sur-Mer counts 1 jobs (650 jobs, 600 workers). Unemployment runs at 9.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 202 residents of Blainville-sur-Mer died, against 217 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Blainville-sur-Mer is Centre hospitalier de Coutances, 6.4 mi away. At birth, a girl in Manche can expect 85.5 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Blainville-sur-Mer, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.56/m² a month, close to Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €2,823/m²: 72 houses and apartments sold in Blainville-sur-Mer between July 2023 and June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.19/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,823/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Blainville-sur-Mer. Best known first.
Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Blainville-sur-Mer as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Blainville-sur-Mer is a commune of 1,600 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blainville-sur-Mer | 1,600 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Agon-Coutainville | 3,020 | 1.8 | A− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Gouville-sur-Mer | 3,274 | 2.1 | A | B− | A | C+ |
| Coutances | 8,321 | 6.4 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne | 3,167 | 8.8 | — | A− | — | B |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages | 3,208 | 8.9 | C+ | A+ | A | C− |
| Bréhal | 3,487 | 12 | B | C | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Blainville-sur-Mer has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,823/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Blainville-sur-Mer grades B− for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. 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.