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A town of 1,119 in Manche, Normandy.
Folligny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Folligny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Folligny 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 Folligny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Grainville, in Granville, 6.9 mi away.
17% 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 Folligny.
50 jobs are based in Folligny, for 550 working residents (0.1 per worker). 2.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Of those in the labour force, 6.9% are unemployed.
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.
Homes sold for a median €1,562/m², about level with Manche’s towns (€1,814/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €10.08/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 40 homes were sold in Folligny.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,562/m² | 40 |
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.
The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away. General-bac pupils go 7.7 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis BeuveNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 61 | 92%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Folligny is Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Granville, 7.1 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, above both Manche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 78 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 81, 4% more. Life expectancy in Manche: 85.5 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, near Manche’s towns (22%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 10% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Folligny | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Folligny 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 Folligny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folligny | 1,119 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage | 2,778 | 5.4 | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer | 4,507 | 6.7 | A− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Bréhal | 3,487 | 7.1 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Donville-les-Bains | 3,146 | 7.5 | C+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Granville | 12,510 | 7.6 | C | C− | D | B |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny | 3,903 | 8.6 | B− | A− | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Folligny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 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 89% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Folligny grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Folligny is a commune of 1,119 people in the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer. 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.