Hambye has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% 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 4.4 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.
Each subject compares Hambye 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 Hambye.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Hambye costs less than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.47/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Hambye is below both Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,585/m², comes from 66 sales of houses and apartments in Hambye from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,585/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Hambye€1,585/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,585/m²
66
€8.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.64 to €10.82/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Coutances Mer et Bocage
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Hambye sees fewer deaths than Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 81 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Hambye, that is below both Manche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). 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.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Hambye · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Coutances
13.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Only 6.1% of commuters in Hambye go to work without a car, fewer than in Manche’s towns and compared French towns
Hambye sits below both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €24,100 a year per consumption unit. Hambye has 300 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Hambye, 0.7 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Hambye: 40% were built before 1919, more than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Hambye above both Manche’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Hambye: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Hambye is Abbaye de Hambye (également sur commune de Percy).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Hambye
Is Hambye safe?
Hambye has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Hambye expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,585/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hambye grades A for cost of living.
About Hambye
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Hambye is a commune of 1,072 people in the Communauté de communes Coutances Mer et Bocage. 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.
