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A town of 3,249 in Manche, Normandy.
Les Pieux has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Les Pieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Pieux 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.
Les Pieux has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Pieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Pierre au Rey ou le Trepied, in Flamanville, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Pieux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Les Pieux is Centre hospitalier Public du Cotentin, 12.5 mi away. 260 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 280: 7% below. Life expectancy in Manche: 85.5 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 6 general practitioners here.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #10 of 29 in Manche. The nearest general lycée is 11.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le CastillonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 95%+3 pts |
| Collège Lucien GoubertBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 60 | 90%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Les Pieux holds 1,600 jobs; 1,450 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Les Pieux went to work by public transport. Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
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 home here costs 6.4 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin. The estimated advertised rent is €9.80/m² a month, near Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €10.23/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,412/m² | 85 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.8%. 18% are under 15, above both Manche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 32% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Les Pieux | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Les Pieux. Best known first.
Nothing in Les Pieux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Les Pieux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Pieux | 3,249 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 5,893 | 8.1 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| La Hague | 11,484 | 9.8 | A | B | A+ | C |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 78,258 | 12 | B− | C | B− | C− |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer | 2,520 | 14 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Valognes | 6,969 | 15 | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Pieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 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 83% of compared French towns and #10 of 29 in Manche. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Pieux grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Les Pieux is a commune of 3,249 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) · 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.