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CanteloupManche

A town of 220 in Manche, Normandy.

Is Canteloup a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Canteloup

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Vigor, in Quettehou, 4 mi away.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Château de Tocqueville and 11 more in and around Canteloup

Heritage in and near Canteloup. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Canteloup.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Canteloup than in Manche’s towns or across compared French towns: 18% of adults

Canteloup sits below both Manche’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.6% of the town.

47.5median age
CanteloupManche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP39%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Canteloup
CanteloupManche medianFrance median
Under 1517%13%17%
15–248.6%9.3%11%
25–4421%20%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+25%29%22%
No diploma18%24%19%
CAP or BEP39%29%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education18%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Canteloup walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 2.1%

That puts Canteloup below both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Canteloup has 0 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.1 per worker.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Canteloup, 0.1 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

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

On this, Canteloup is below Manche’s towns (90.0%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).

87.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Canteloup87.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Gilles de GoubervilleNearest collègeCollègeCollège6887%+4 pts
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 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 Canteloup is €10.29/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.29/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Canteloup€10.29/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Manche median€9.90/m²
€10.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.10 to €13.06/m² a month)
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Canteloup

13pages on Canteloup

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Canteloup

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

How we find them →

Canteloup’s 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 →
ValognesCherbourg-en-CotentinSainte-Mère-ÉgliseBricquebec-en-CotentinValognesCherbourg-en-CotentinSainte-Mère-ÉgliseBricquebec-en-CotentinCanteloup
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Canteloup220—————
Valognes6,96911B+B−B−C−
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin78,25812B−CB−C−
Sainte-Mère-Église2,89616—B—D
Bricquebec-en-Cotentin5,89318A+A−A+A−

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

About Canteloup

Commune in Manche, Normandy

Canteloup is a commune of 220 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

Population
220 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin
Département
Manche (50)
Région
Normandy
Area
1.7 sq mi (4.3 km²)
INSEE code
50096

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.