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A town of 2,165 in Manche, Normandy.
Brix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 32% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,114/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 3.8% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Brix does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brix 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Brix, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
22% 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 Brix.
Brix sits below both Manche’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €28,240 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Brix above both Manche’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Brix, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 149 residents of Brix died, against 175 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,114/m², comes from 56 sales of houses and apartments in Brix from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.07/m² a month, above Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,114/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Brix is below both Manche’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). 18% of residents are children under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Brix | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Brix in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% 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
Heritage in and near Brix. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Brix, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Base de lancement de V1: Photo: Armée américaine · Public domain
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Brix as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brix | 2,165 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Valognes | 6,969 | 5.6 | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 5,893 | 6.1 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 78,258 | 6.6 | B− | C | B− | C− |
| Les Pieux | 3,249 | 11 | — | B | — | A |
| La Hague | 11,484 | 12 | A | B | A+ | C |
| Picauville | 3,228 | 14 | B+ | B+ | A+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Brix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 2.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,114/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Brix grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Brix is a commune of 2,165 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
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.
