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A town of 1,240 in Manche, Normandy.
Yquelon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Yquelon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Yquelon 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Yquelon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Grainville, in Granville, 1 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Yquelon. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Christian-Dior2.9 km west, in Granville
MuseumMusée d'Art moderne Richard-Anacréon3.5 km west, in Granville
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Granville3.7 km west, in Granville
MuseumLe Roc des Curiosités4.3 km west, in GranvilleAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de l'Oiselière4.7 km southeast, in Saint-PlanchersChâteauChâteauChâteau de Grainville1.6 km southwest, in GranvillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yquelon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Yquelon comes below both Manche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 93 residents of Yquelon died, against 149 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
For Yquelon, that is above both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). 6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Yquelon | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Yquelon sits above both Manche’s towns (€24,970) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Yquelon has 550 jobs for 450 working residents, 1.2 per worker.
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.
That puts Yquelon above both Manche’s towns (€1,814/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,897/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Yquelon is below Manche’s towns (90.0%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sévigné PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 92%−2 pts |
| Lycée hôtelier Maurice MarlandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 20 | 95% |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Yquelon 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 Yquelon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yquelon | 1,240 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| Donville-les-Bains | 3,146 | 1.1 | C+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Granville | 12,510 | 1.2 | C | C− | D | B |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer | 4,507 | 2.4 | A− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Bréhal | 3,487 | 3.9 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage | 2,778 | 7.8 | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne | 3,167 | 10 | — | A− | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Yquelon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 14.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns. 95% of 20 candidates passed the bac at Lycée hôtelier Maurice Marland in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.38/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Yquelon grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Yquelon is a commune of 1,240 people in the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer. 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 October 30, 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.