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Home to 1,082 people, this town lies in Manche, Normandy.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Rauville-la-Bigot 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 Rauville-la-Bigot 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.
Rauville-la-Bigot has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Rauville-la-Bigot does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rauville-la-Bigot as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Manoir dit La Cour, in Bricquebec-en-Cotentin, 2.6 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Rauville-la-Bigot is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rauville-la-Bigot.
Unemployment stands at 5.1%. At the census, 2.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Rauville-la-Bigot: 100, for 500 residents in work (0.2 each).
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.80/m² a month, close to Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 35 houses and apartments changed hands in Rauville-la-Bigot from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,125/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 58 residents of Rauville-la-Bigot died, against 70 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Rauville-la-Bigot is Centre hospitalier Public du Cotentin, 8.8 mi away. At birth, a girl in Manche can expect 85.5 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
23% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Manche’s towns (13%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Rauville-la-Bigot has a median age of 44.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Rauville-la-Bigot | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
More of the graded crimes in Rauville-la-Bigot were other physical violence than anything else (2025). Violence against people ran at 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 3.6 (2023–2025 average).
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 · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (100.0% of the index here).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rauville-la-Bigot yet.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Rauville-la-Bigot is a commune of 1,082 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rauville-la-Bigot | 1,082 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 5,893 | 3.3 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Les Pieux | 3,249 | 6.5 | — | B | — | A |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 78,258 | 8.6 | B− | C | B− | C− |
| Valognes | 6,969 | 8.9 | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
| La Hague | 11,484 | 11 | A | B | A+ | C |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer | 2,520 | 13 | — | B | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rauville-la-Bigot has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rauville-la-Bigot grades B+ for cost of living.
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 November 8, 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.