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A town of 1,811 in Manche, Normandy.
Quettehou has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. At the median price of €2,222/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% 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 Quettehou does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Quettehou 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 2 historic monuments in Quettehou: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Quettehou. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Quettehou.
For Quettehou, that is above both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 13% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Quettehou | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Quettehou sits below both Manche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 216 residents of Quettehou died, against 251 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.52/m² a month, close to Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,222/m², comes from 79 sales of houses and apartments in Quettehou from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,222/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Quettehou above both Manche’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Quettehou: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Quettehou is Église Saint-Vigor.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Quettehou’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Vigor: Photo: Yohlg · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Quettehou.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quettehou | 1,811 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Valognes | 6,969 | 9.2 | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
| Sainte-Mère-Église | 2,896 | 13 | — | B | — | D |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 78,258 | 15 | B− | C | B− | C− |
| Picauville | 3,228 | 15 | B+ | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 5,893 | 17 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Quettehou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,222/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Quettehou grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Quettehou is a commune of 1,811 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.