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A town of 1,681 in Manche, Normandy.
Digosville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 15% 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 €2,515/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 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 (B+): 0.1 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Digosville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Digosville 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 Digosville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien manoir de Barville, in Le Mesnil-au-Val, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Digosville. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Digosville.
In the comparison, Digosville comes below both Manche’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €29,360 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 100 residents of Digosville died, against 118 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
For Digosville, that is above both Manche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). 21% of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Digosville | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,515/m², comes from 50 sales of houses and apartments in Digosville 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 | €2,515/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Digosville, 85.0% passed the bac, below both Manche’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Denis DiderotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 91%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel SauxmaraisNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 98 | 85%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Digosville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Digosville yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digosville | 1,681 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 78,258 | 4.6 | B− | C | B− | C− |
| Valognes | 6,969 | 9.1 | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
| La Hague | 11,484 | 12 | A | B | A+ | C |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 5,893 | 13 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Les Pieux | 3,249 | 15 | — | B | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Digosville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 3.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Digosville grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Digosville is a commune of 1,681 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.