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The town has 399 residents and lies in Manche, Normandy.
At under 1,000 residents, Savigny-le-Vieux is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 15% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up nearly a third of residents.
The 2 things Savigny-le-Vieux does most differently from other towns.
Savigny-le-Vieux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1924.
52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Savigny-le-Vieux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancienne abbaye: Photo: Crochet.david · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Savigny-le-Vieux.
Aged 15 to 24: 7% of residents. 32% of residents are 65 or over, above both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Savigny-le-Vieux has a median age of 56.3 years.
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Savigny-le-Vieux | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 38% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Savigny-le-Vieux is Ancienne abbaye.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The median disposable income was €23,870 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Manche’s towns (€24,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). 100 jobs are based in Savigny-le-Vieux, for 150 working residents (0.6 per worker). Nearly a fifth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 9.5 mi away. A collège lies 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis LaunayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 42 | 79%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €6.34/m² a month. 24 houses and apartments changed hands in Savigny-le-Vieux from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Savigny-le-Vieux yet.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Savigny-le-Vieux is a commune of 399 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savigny-le-Vieux | 399 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Louvigné-du-Désert Ille-et-Vilaine | 3,346 | 4.9 | A | A | B | B |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | 5,770 | 4.9 | A− | A | C | B |
| Grandparigny | 2,605 | 5.5 | — | A | — | A+ |
| Mortain-Bocage | 2,961 | 8.2 | A− | A+ | C | A− |
| Isigny-le-Buat | 3,183 | 9.4 | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Ducey-Les Chéris | 2,784 | 13 | A+ | B+ | A+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 November 4, 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.