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QuinévilleManche

Some 258 people live in this town, in Manche, Normandy.

Is Quinéville a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Quinéville is too small for the grades other French towns get. Just over three fifths of its homes are second homes. 43% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Quinéville stand out

The 2 things Quinéville does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
La grande cheminée
La grande cheminée · Classé · Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quinéville’s story

Quinéville in pictures

Quinéville has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1862.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1862First protected: La grande cheminée
  • 2024Most recently protected: Point d’appui Stp. N° 18, mur anti-char, ancienne redoute d…
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Nearby attractions

Château de Quinéville and 17 more in and around Quinéville

Heritage and museums in and near Quinéville. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Quinéville.

Who lives here

Few people in Quinéville are 15 to 24: 5.8%, fewer than in Manche’s towns and compared French towns

Graduates make up 26% of adults. People 65 and over make up 43% of the town, above both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). 14% of residents are children under 15.

62.4median age
QuinévilleManche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 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.

Ages and diplomas in Quinéville
QuinévilleManche medianFrance median
Under 1514%13%17%
15–245.8%9.3%11%
25–4414%20%23%
45–6424%26%26%
65+43%29%22%
No diploma19%24%19%
CAP or BEP29%29%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education26%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

3 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Quinéville is La grande cheminée. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. 14% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Manche’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%).

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Antiquity
oldest protected part
1862
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

More people in Quinéville are out of work than in Manche’s towns or across compared French towns: 20.8%

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 15.2% of commuters at the census. 50 jobs are based in Quinéville, for 50 working residents (0.7 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €25,100 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Manche’s towns (€24,970) and compared French towns (€25,970).

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%
On foot12%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Quinéville, 0.7 per working resident
20.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Quinéville is €10.29/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Quinéville from July 2023 to June 2026: 19 houses and apartments.

€10.29/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Quinéville€10.29/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Manche median€9.90/m²
€10.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.10 to €13.06/m² a month)
€8.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Quinéville

12pages on Quinéville

Landmarks

Quinéville has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Photo credits

La grande cheminée: Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Quinéville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Quinéville yet.

How we find them →

Quinéville’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Manche →
Sainte-Mère-ÉgliseValognesPicauvilleCarentan-les-MaraisBricquebec-en-CotentinIsigny-sur-MerSainte-Mère-ÉgliseValognesPicauvilleCarentan-les-MaraisBricquebec-en-CotentinIsigny-sur-MerQuinéville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Quinéville258—————
Sainte-Mère-Église2,8967.3—B—D
Valognes6,9697.9B+B−B−C−
Picauville3,22811B+B+A+C−
Carentan-les-Marais10,21815B−BC+C
Bricquebec-en-Cotentin5,89316A+A−A+A−
Isigny-sur-Mer Calvados3,54317A−A−B+C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Quinéville

Commune in Manche, Normandy

Quinéville is a commune of 258 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

Population
258 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin
Département
Manche (50)
Région
Normandy
Area
1.8 sq mi (4.7 km²)
INSEE code
50421

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.