Where it does best is schools: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Sartilly-Baie-Bocage has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Allowing for age and care homes, Sartilly-Baie-Bocage sees fewer deaths than Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 77 per 100 expected
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 395 residents of Sartilly-Baie-Bocage died, against 401 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. In Manche, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. This Manche town has 3 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Sartilly-Baie-Bocage · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Avranches
6.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Avranches
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children under 15 make up 16%, between Manche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. At 49, the median resident of Sartilly-Baie-Bocage sits in the middle of the age range.
Sartilly-Baie-BocageManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% 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
HousingCost of living C+
A typical home in Sartilly-Baie-Bocage sells for €2,200/m²
€2,200/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.70/m² a month, higher than Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 74 houses and apartments changed hands in Sartilly-Baie-Bocage from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 86% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage€2,200/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,118/m²
64
€11.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.85 to €15.46/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Sartilly-Baie-Bocage, 7.1%, runs below Manche’s towns and compared French towns
7%walk, cycle or take transit
7.3% 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%). Sartilly-Baie-Bocage has 900 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 0.8 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €25,030 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
900
jobs based in Sartilly-Baie-Bocage, 0.8 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Sartilly-Baie-Bocage: 19% were built before 1919, more than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 16th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sartilly-Baie-Bocage, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
23 offenses were reported in Sartilly-Baie-Bocage during 2025. Violence against people averaged 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.9. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Other physical violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
Theft without violence7
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.
2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
27.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (27.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage is a commune of 2,778 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sartilly-Baie-Bocage
Is Sartilly-Baie-Bocage safe?
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Sartilly-Baie-Bocage good?
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #2 of 29 in Manche. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sartilly-Baie-Bocage expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sartilly-Baie-Bocage grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
