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A town of 2,067 in Manche, Normandy.
Créances has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,875/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Côte Ouest Centre Manche. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Créances does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Créances 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Créances as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Vesly, 4.5 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Créances.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Créances, that is above both Manche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 343 residents of Créances died, against 281 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Créances sits close to Manche’s towns (90.0%) and above compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Desdevises du DézertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 91%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Créances above both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 13% of the population.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
| Créances | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Créances is below both Manche’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Créances has 800 jobs for 800 working residents, 1 per worker. The median disposable income is €23,740 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.56/m² a month, close to Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,875/m², comes from 79 sales of houses and apartments in Créances from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,827/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Créances is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Créances.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Créances | 2,067 | — | — | B | — | D |
| La Haye | 4,029 | 6.5 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Gouville-sur-Mer | 3,274 | 6.9 | A | B− | A | C+ |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages | 3,208 | 8.5 | C+ | A+ | A | C− |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer | 2,520 | 11 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Agon-Coutainville | 3,020 | 11 | A− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Coutances | 8,321 | 12 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Créances has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,875/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Créances grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Créances is a commune of 2,067 people in the Communauté de communes Côte Ouest Centre Manche. 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.