Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 456 residents in Manche, Normandy.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Héauville has none. 35% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Héauville does most differently from other towns.
Héauville has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Héauville.
People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, above both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 14% of the population here. Graduates make up 19% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Héauville | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Héauville has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Jobs based in Héauville number 50, against 150 residents in work (0.3 per worker). At the census, 6.2% of working residents in Héauville didn’t travel to work at all. 11.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Manche’s towns (9.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
A house rents for an estimated €10.24/m² a month. Héauville recorded 20 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Héauville. Best known first.
Héauville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir de Heauville: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Héauville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héauville | 456 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Les Pieux | 3,249 | 4.3 | — | B | — | A |
| La Hague | 11,484 | 5.4 | A | B | A+ | C |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 78,258 | 8.8 | B− | C | B− | C− |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 5,893 | 9.9 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Valognes | 6,969 | 15 | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer | 2,520 | 17 | — | B | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Héauville is a commune of 456 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) · 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.