Brécey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,220/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.5 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 schools (A): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Brécey 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
Brécey skews older, with 34% of residents 65 or over, more than Manche’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Brécey comes above both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
53.6median age
BréceyManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Incomes in Brécey run lower than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: a median €22,800 a year per consumption unit
For Brécey, that is below both Manche’s towns (€24,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). Brécey has 1,750 jobs for 850 working residents, 2.1 per worker. Unemployment stands at 7.1%.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot12%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
1,750
jobs based in Brécey, 2.1 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,800
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 70% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Brécey sees fewer deaths than Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Brécey sits below both Manche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 395 residents of Brécey died, against 412 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Brécey · 1.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Avranches
8.6 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
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Brécey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 24 offenses in the graded categories in Brécey 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, 27.5% of the index here.
5.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage13
Family violence11
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence5
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.
5.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
27.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Brécey
Is Brécey safe?
Brécey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Brécey good?
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Brécey expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.32/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Brécey grades A for cost of living.
About Brécey
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Brécey is a commune of 2,172 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.
