Granville grades C overall: better than 31% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 9.8 recorded violent incidents and 24.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €3,471/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Granville 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Granville.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Granville than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 8.9% are under 15
People 65 and over make up just over two fifths of the town, higher than both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 27% have a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of the population.
58.9median age
GranvilleManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 78 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
25.3% of commuters in Granville go to work without a car, more than in both Manche’s towns and compared French towns
12.4% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Manche’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Granville has 8,800 jobs for 4,050 working residents, 2.2 per worker. At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Granville went to work by public transport.
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving67%
On foot15%
Public transport6%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
8,800
jobs based in Granville, 2.2 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Granville records more crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns
In 2025, 437 offenses were recorded in Granville. On the Safety Grade, Granville ranks 26th of the 27 compared towns in Manche. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
9.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage224
Other physical violence46
Family violence39
Sexual violence37
Burglary35
Theft from vehicles30
Vehicle theft26
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence145
Drug use96
Fraud84
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
9.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
437
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Granville than in Manche or compared French towns: 10 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, close to Manche’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Granville is Église Notre-Dame. The protected list starts in the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Granville costs an estimated advertised €12.55/m² a month, against €9.90/m² in Manche’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
830 sales of houses and apartments in Granville, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,471/m². Apartments in Granville sell for €3,601/m², houses for €3,209/m². Of the homes sold, 35% were houses.
€3,471/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Granville€3,471/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,209/m²
288
Apartments
€3,601/m²
542
€12.55/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.38 to €16.79/m² a month)
9.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.99/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Granville has a lower adjusted death rate than 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Granville has 16 family doctors. Its four care homes for older people (351 places) count their residents as Granville’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,458 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,381, 3% fewer. In Manche, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
16
GPs in Granville · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Granville
14.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Avranches
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 3.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 87% passed the bac pro, of 135 candidates at 2 lycées. By results, schools here place #22 of 29 in Manche. The bac pass rate near Granville is 93.5%, in line with Manche’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Château de Grainville: Photo: Cyrilb1881 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enceinte de la Haute-Ville: Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Casernes du Roc: Photo: Cyrilb1881 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Corps de garde de la Jetée: Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 3.0
Christian Dior: 投稿者によるスキャン, Public domain · Maurice Denis: Henri Manuel, Public domain · Fortuné du Boisgobey: The original uploader was Obelon at French Wikisource ., Public domain · Myrtille Georges: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Étienne-François Le Tourneur: François Bonneville, Public domain · Émile Guépratte: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
Granville’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Granville
Is Granville safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 224 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Granville good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #22 of 29 in Manche. 95% of 20 candidates passed the bac at Lycée hôtelier Maurice Marland in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Granville expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,471/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Granville grades C− for cost of living.
About Granville
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Granville is a commune of 12,510 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
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.
