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Over-65s are 40% of the population. Home to 1,666 people, this town lies in Manche, Normandy.
Homes are affordable (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for schools: brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Tourneville-sur-Mer 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.
The 3 things Tourneville-sur-Mer does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tourneville-sur-Mer 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.
Tourneville-sur-Mer has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Tourneville-sur-Mer as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Le Mesnil-Aubert, 5.4 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tourneville-sur-Mer.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 7.6 mi away. A collège lies 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les CourtilsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 76%−12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: 9.6% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.1% of the town, below Manche’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 18% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Tourneville-sur-Mer | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.6% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 40% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 291 deaths in Tourneville-sur-Mer from 2016 to 2025; there were 370, 27% more. The nearest emergency department to Tourneville-sur-Mer is Centre hospitalier de Coutances, 7.5 mi away. Women in Manche live to 85.5 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises locally.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,026/m²: 90 houses and apartments sold in Tourneville-sur-Mer between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,042/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €25,870 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.2 cases of violence against people and 9.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 26 offenses recorded in Tourneville-sur-Mer. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Tourneville-sur-Mer (2025).
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 32.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Tourneville-sur-Mer. Best known first.
Nothing in Tourneville-sur-Mer is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tourneville-sur-Mer yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourneville-sur-Mer | 1,666 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne | 3,167 | 3.8 | — | A− | — | B |
| Bréhal | 3,487 | 3.9 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Agon-Coutainville | 3,020 | 6.9 | A− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Donville-les-Bains | 3,146 | 7.3 | C+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Coutances | 8,321 | 8 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| Granville | 12,510 | 8.2 | C | C− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tourneville-sur-Mer has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,026/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tourneville-sur-Mer grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Tourneville-sur-Mer is a commune of 1,666 people in the Communauté de communes Coutances Mer et Bocage. 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
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 9, 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.