Households here earn well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.2% unemployment. Schools lag (D): bac results 3.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,942/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Coutances Mer et Bocage. Walkability is weaker too: 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Orval sur Sienne 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 Orval sur Sienne 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 Orval sur Sienne.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Orval sur Sienne, 4.2%, runs below Manche’s towns and compared French towns
4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €25,730 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Orval sur Sienne, 0.5 per working resident
4.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 5% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Orval sur Sienne than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 76.0%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 85% of 171 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Near Orval sur Sienne, 90.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Manche’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away.
94%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
For cost of living, Orval sur Sienne gets a B+
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
50 sales of houses and apartments in Orval sur Sienne, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,942/m². The estimated advertised rent is €9.73/m² a month, about level with Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.80/m² a month.
€1,942/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Orval sur Sienne€1,942/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,942/m²
50
€9.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.22 to €13.11/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Coutances Mer et Bocage
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Orval sur Sienne are 15 to 24: 7.8%, fewer than in Manche’s towns and across compared French towns
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, lower than Manche’s towns (29%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Ages in Orval sur Sienne split evenly at 50.5: half are older, half younger.
50.5median age
Orval sur SienneManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Orval sur Sienne is rich in protected monuments: 41 per 10,000 residents, more than in Manche’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 28% of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Orval sur Sienne is Église Sainte-Hélène. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Orval sur Sienne run higher than in 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
108 deaths in Orval sur Sienne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 122: 12% below. In Manche, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Orval sur Sienne is Centre hospitalier de Coutances, 2.5 mi away.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Orval sur Sienne · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Coutances
17.8 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Orval sur Sienne
Is Orval sur Sienne safe?
Orval sur Sienne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Orval sur Sienne good?
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns. 94% of 253 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Charles-François Lebrun in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Orval sur Sienne expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,942/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Orval sur Sienne grades B+ for cost of living.
About Orval sur Sienne
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Orval sur Sienne is a commune of 1,233 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.
