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A town of 2,376 in Manche, Normandy.
Périers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 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.
The 3 things Périers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Périers 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Périers: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Wikidata records 4 people born in Périers before 1900, the earliest Jacques Euvremer, in 1759.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Périers.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Périers below both Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,297/m², comes from 86 sales of houses and apartments in Périers from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,333/m² | 85 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Périers is above both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 13% of residents.
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Périers | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
In the comparison, Périers comes below both Manche’s towns (€24,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). Périers has 1,300 jobs for 800 working residents, 1.6 per worker.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 652 residents of Périers died, against 525 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Its care home for older people (150 places) counts its residents as Périers’; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 31 offenses in the graded categories in Périers in 2025. For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 14.5% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Périers: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and museums in and near Périers. Best known first.
Périers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
11 notable people were born in Périers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Périers | 2,376 | — | — | A | B+ | C |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages | 3,208 | 3.8 | C+ | A+ | A | C− |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon | 2,761 | 9.3 | A− | A− | A+ | C+ |
| Gouville-sur-Mer | 3,274 | 9.4 | A | B− | A | C+ |
| Coutances | 8,321 | 9.5 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| La Haye | 4,029 | 10 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Carentan-les-Marais | 10,218 | 11 | B− | B | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,297/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Périers grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Périers is a commune of 2,376 people in the Communauté de communes Côte Ouest Centre Manche. 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.