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4,444 people call this town in Manche, Normandy home.

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Is Torigny-les-Villes a good place to live?

Torigny-les-Villes’s best grade is for schools (A) — brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Safety is a strength too (A): an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At €1,486/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, better than almost every compared French town. That places it #2 of 27 in Manche. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and C+ for walkability.

Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.

What makes Torigny-les-Villes stand out

The one thing Torigny-les-Villes does most differently from other towns.

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How Torigny-les-Villes grades

Each subject compares Torigny-les-Villes 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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Château
Château · Classé · Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0
Torigny-les-Villes’ story

Torigny-les-Villes in pictures

Torigny-les-Villes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Wikidata records 4 people born in Torigny-les-Villes before 1900, the earliest Charles Auguste de Goyon de Matignon, in 1647.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Torigny-les-Villes.

Schools

Schools around Torigny-les-Villes do better than those of 92% of compared French towns

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Near Torigny-les-Villes, 93.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above Manche’s towns (90.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.5 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.2 mi off.

93.0%passed the brevetASchool Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Torigny-les-Villes93.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Albert CamusNearest collègeCollègeCollège11893%+5 pts
93.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
1.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Safety

Crime per resident in Torigny-les-Villes runs lower than in 92% of compared French towns

48 offenses were reported in Torigny-les-Villes during 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).

6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage19
Family violence12
Sexual violence12
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Drug use12
Fraud11
Theft without violence6

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.

6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
48
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.5%
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 · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

HousingCost of living A−

For cost of living, Torigny-les-Villes gets an A−

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

The estimated advertised rent is €9.60/m² a month, about level with Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,486/m², comes from 158 sales of houses and apartments in Torigny-les-Villes from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest.

€1,486/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Torigny-les-Villes€1,486/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,486/m²156
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.77 to €11.85/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.63/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Torigny-les-Villes than in Manche’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults

Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than Manche’s towns (13%) and near compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 25% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.

45.4median age
Torigny-les-VillesManche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Torigny-les-Villes
Torigny-les-VillesManche medianFrance median
Under 1518%13%17%
15–249.9%9.3%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+25%29%22%
No diploma28%24%19%
CAP or BEP30%29%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education21%22%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Torigny-les-Villes: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns

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

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1840
first monument protected
16%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Work & commuteJobs & income B+

Unemployment in Torigny-les-Villes, 6.2%, runs below Manche’s towns and compared French towns

1,600 jobs are based in Torigny-les-Villes, for 1,900 working residents (0.8 per worker). 6.4% 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%). Median disposable income comes to €24,700 a year per consumption unit.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
1,600
jobs based in Torigny-les-Villes, 0.8 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns

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

HealthHealth B−

Torigny-les-Villes has a lower adjusted death rate than 52% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

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. Its care home for older people (97 places) counts its residents as Torigny-les-Villes’; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 585 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 604, 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Torigny-les-Villes is Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo, 8.7 mi away.

−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw103
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Torigny-les-Villes · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
8.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.

Nearby attractions

Château des Matignon and 2 more in and around Torigny-les-Villes

Heritage in and near Torigny-les-Villes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Torigny-les-Villes

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Landmarks

Torigny-les-Villes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Torigny-les-Villes

6 notable people were born in Torigny-les-Villes.

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Photo credits

Jacques de Monaco: Nicolas de Largillière, Public domain · Hector de Callière: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Charles Auguste de Goyon de Matignon: Hyacinthe Rigaud, Public domain · Arthur Le Duc: Loxyger, CC BY-SA 4.0

Torigny-les-Villes’ neighbors

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

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Saint-Amand-VillagesCondé-sur-VireSaint-Jean-d'ElleBourgvalléesSouleuvre en BocageSaint-LôSaint-Amand-VillagesCondé-sur-VireSaint-Jean-d'ElleBourgvalléesSouleuvre en BocageSaint-LôTorigny-les-Villes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Torigny-les-Villes4,444—A+A−AB−
Saint-Amand-Villages2,5252.2—A−—C−
Condé-sur-Vire4,1373.6A+A−A+B
Saint-Jean-d'Elle2,5165.3—A—A
Bourgvallées3,3267—A−—C−
Souleuvre en Bocage Calvados8,6297.1B−AA−C+
Saint-Lô19,4718.3B−B+DB−

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

Questions about Torigny-les-Villes

Is Torigny-les-Villes safe?

It grades A for safety, #10 of 27 in Manche.

Are schools in Torigny-les-Villes good?

They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #5 of 29 in Manche. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Torigny-les-Villes expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,486/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Torigny-les-Villes grades A− for cost of living.

About Torigny-les-Villes

Commune in Manche, Normandy

Torigny-les-Villes is a commune of 4,444 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo. 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
4,444 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo
Département
Manche (50)
Région
Normandy
Area
15.2 sq mi (39.4 km²)
INSEE code
50601

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 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.