Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,326 in Manche, Normandy.
Bourgvallées has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 35% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 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.
The 2 things Bourgvallées does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bourgvallées 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.
Bourgvallées has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bourgvallées, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourgvallées.
In the comparison, Bourgvallées comes below both Manche’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bourgvallées has 450 jobs for 1,550 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 3.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Bourgvallées, that is below both Manche’s towns (€1,814/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,431/m² | 124 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Bourgvallées’ deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, above both Manche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 240 residents of Bourgvallées died, against 239 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 0% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Bourgvallées sits above both Manche’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bourgvallées, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
That puts Bourgvallées above both Manche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). 21% of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bourgvallées | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 16 offenses in the graded categories in Bourgvallées in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 64.7% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Bourgvallées has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Bourgvallées.
Fernand Le Rachinel: 0623pattom, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourgvallées | 3,326 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Condé-sur-Vire | 4,137 | 3.9 | A+ | A− | A+ | B |
| Agneaux | 4,286 | 4.7 | A+ | B− | A+ | A− |
| Saint-Lô | 19,471 | 4.7 | B− | B+ | D | B− |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon | 2,761 | 6.9 | A− | A− | A+ | C+ |
| Torigny-les-Villes | 4,444 | 7 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Saint-Amand-Villages | 2,525 | 7.4 | — | A− | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bourgvallées has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 2.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.71/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bourgvallées grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Bourgvallées is a commune of 3,326 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo. 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
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 October 30, 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.
