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CametoursManche

A town of 434 in Manche, Normandy.

Is Cametours a good place to live?

Cametours is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Cametours’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cametours’ story

No historic monuments in Cametours

The Culture ministry lists no building in Cametours as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Cerisy, in Cerisy-la-Salle, 3.4 mi away.

47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cametours.

Who lives here

A town of families: 20% of people in Cametours are under 15, more than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.6% of the town, lower than both Manche’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents. At 42.9, the median resident of Cametours sits in the middle of the age range.

42.9median age
CametoursManche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cametours
CametoursManche medianFrance median
Under 1520%13%17%
15–247.6%9.3%11%
25–4425%20%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+21%29%22%
No diploma24%24%19%
CAP or BEP30%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education20%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Cametours are out of work than in Manche’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.8%

Cametours holds 50 jobs; 200 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. At the census, 3.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €24,860 a year per consumption unit.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Cametours, 0.2 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

81.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4.3 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away.

81.4%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Cametours81.4%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollègeCollège6078%−6 pts

See all 2 schools →

81.4%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4.3 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Cametours is €9.56/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 10 homes in Cametours. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.73/m² a month.

€9.56/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cametours€9.56/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Manche median€9.90/m²
€9.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.48 to €12.23/m² a month)
€6.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Carantilly and 3 more in and around Cametours

Heritage in and near Cametours. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cametours

13pages on Cametours

Landmarks

Nothing in Cametours is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Cametours

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cametours yet.

How we find them →

Cametours’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Manche →
Marigny-Le-LozonSaint-Sauveur-VillagesCoutancesBourgvalléesAgneauxSaint-LôMarigny-Le-LozonSaint-Sauveur-VillagesCoutancesBourgvalléesAgneauxSaint-LôCametours
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cametours434—————
Marigny-Le-Lozon2,7612.9A−A−A+C+
Saint-Sauveur-Villages3,2087.1C+A+AC−
Coutances8,3217.3C−B+DC−
Bourgvallées3,3267.5—A−—C−
Agneaux4,2868.1A+B−A+A−
Saint-Lô19,4719.4B−B+DB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Cametours

Commune in Manche, Normandy

Cametours is a commune of 434 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

Population
434 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Coutances Mer et Bocage
Département
Manche (50)
Région
Normandy
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.4 km²)
INSEE code
50093

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.