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Home to 1,898 people, this town lies in Manche, Normandy.
Where it does best is jobs & income — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.6% unemployment. Walkability is its weak spot (D): just over a quarter 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 €2,144/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Val-Saint-Père has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Le Val-Saint-Père 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.
Le Val-Saint-Père has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Val-Saint-Père as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église et cimetière qui l'entoure, in Genêts, 5.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Le Val-Saint-Père is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Val-Saint-Père.
The unemployment rate comes to 4.6%. 3.8% 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.
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 204 deaths in Le Val-Saint-Père from 2016 to 2025; there were 151, 26% fewer. In Manche, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Le Val-Saint-Père is Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Avranches, 2.2 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Le Val-Saint-Père, 97.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Manche’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 1.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Challemel LacourNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 93%+1 pt |
| Lycée Émile LittréNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 336 | 97%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 26 | 96%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 35% of adults, above both Manche’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). 28% of residents have reached 65. The middle age in Le Val-Saint-Père is 50.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Le Val-Saint-Père | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 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.
54 sales of houses and apartments in Le Val-Saint-Père, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,144/m². The estimated advertised rent is €9.98/m² a month, near Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €7.48/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,144/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Le Val-Saint-Père. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'art et d'histoire d'Avranches2.7 km north, in Avranches
Monastery or conventAbbaye Sainte-Anne de Moutons2.5 km north, in AvranchesChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Avranches2.7 km north, in AvranchesFortFortFortifications d'Avranches2.6 km north, in AvranchesAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré Saint-Léonard3.6 km northwest, in VainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Val-Saint-Père as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Le Val-Saint-Père is a commune of 1,898 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Val-Saint-Père | 1,898 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Avranches | 10,143 | 1.4 | B | C+ | D | B+ |
| Ducey-Les Chéris | 2,784 | 5.1 | A+ | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage | 2,778 | 7 | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Isigny-le-Buat | 3,183 | 9.3 | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Pontorson | 4,280 | 9.5 | A− | A− | B+ | C |
| Saint-James | 5,018 | 9.9 | A− | A | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Val-Saint-Père has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 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 79% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,144/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Val-Saint-Père grades B for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.