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It is a town of 1,212 residents in Manche, Normandy.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its schools beat most: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. At €2,144/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin. Most journeys need a car (D).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Yvetot-Bocage 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 one thing Yvetot-Bocage does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Yvetot-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.
Yvetot-Bocage has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Yvetot-Bocage counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1973.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Yvetot-Bocage. Best known first.
AttractionHôtel de Beaumont2.9 km east, in Valognes
Manor houseHôtel Dorléans3 km northeast, in Valognes
Manor houseHôtel de Thieuville3 km east, in Valognes
Manor houseHôtel de Grandval-Caligny3.1 km east, in Valognes
Manor houseHôtel de Blangy3.3 km northeast, in ValognesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yvetot-Bocage.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 89 deaths in Yvetot-Bocage from 2016 to 2025; there were 62, 30% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Yvetot-Bocage is Chpc site Valognes, 2 mi away.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Half of residents lived on more than €26,580 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Manche’s towns (€24,970). Yvetot-Bocage has 100 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 5.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
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 town’s pupils have a collège 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Félix BuhotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 122 | 88%−4 pts |
| Lycée Henri CornatNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 235 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 66 | 100%+13 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.
32 sales of houses and apartments in Yvetot-Bocage, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,144/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €9.80/m² a month, close to Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,144/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are 65 or over, below both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Yvetot-Bocage in two is 41.7. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.4% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Yvetot-Bocage | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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 earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Yvetot-Bocage counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Yvetot-Bocage’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Servigny: Photo: HaguardDuNord · CC BY 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Yvetot-Bocage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvetot-Bocage | 1,212 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Valognes | 6,969 | 1.8 | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 5,893 | 6.4 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Picauville | 3,228 | 9.5 | B+ | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Sainte-Mère-Église | 2,896 | 11 | — | B | — | D |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 78,258 | 11 | B− | C | B− | C− |
| Les Pieux | 3,249 | 14 | — | B | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Yvetot-Bocage has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 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 74% of compared French towns. 97% of 235 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Henri Cornat in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,144/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Yvetot-Bocage grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Yvetot-Bocage is a commune of 1,212 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin. 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 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.