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DangyManche

A town of 648 in Manche, Normandy.

Is Dangy a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Dangy

The Culture ministry lists no building in Dangy 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, 3.2 mi away.

27% 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 Dangy.

Who lives here

Children make up 18% of Dangy, above Manche’s towns and compared French towns

For Dangy, that is above both Manche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% of the town.

48.3median age
DangyManche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Dangy
DangyManche medianFrance median
Under 1518%13%17%
15–247.9%9.3%11%
25–4421%20%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+27%29%22%
No diploma23%24%19%
CAP or BEP36%29%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education18%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Dangy walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 3.7%

Dangy sits below both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €23,020 a year per consumption unit. Dangy has 100 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.4 per worker.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Dangy, 0.4 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

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

That puts Dangy below both Manche’s towns (90.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

86.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Dangy86.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Anne Heurgon DesjardinsNearest collègeCollègeCollège4486%−2 pts
86.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Dangy than in Manche’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.47/m² a month

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

On this, Dangy is below both Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.47/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Dangy€8.47/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Manche median€9.90/m²
€8.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.64 to €10.82/m² a month)
€6.86/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 Dangy

Heritage in and near Dangy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Dangy

13pages on Dangy

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Dangy

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

How we find them →

Dangy’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 →
BourgvalléesMarigny-Le-LozonAgneauxSaint-LôCondé-sur-VirePercy-en-NormandieBourgvalléesMarigny-Le-LozonAgneauxSaint-LôCondé-sur-VirePercy-en-NormandieDangy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Dangy648—————
Bourgvallées3,3264.7—A−—C−
Marigny-Le-Lozon2,7614.7A−A−A+C+
Agneaux4,2867.1A+B−A+A−
Saint-Lô19,4718.1B−B+DB−
Condé-sur-Vire4,1378.6A+A−A+B
Percy-en-Normandie2,6418.7—A—B+

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

About Dangy

Commune in Manche, Normandy

Dangy is a commune of 648 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo. 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
648 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo
Département
Manche (50)
Région
Normandy
Area
3.8 sq mi (9.9 km²)
INSEE code
50159

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.