In 2022, they said yes to each other nearly 13,000 times in Normandy. A figure up 22% compared to 2021, which places the region at the top of the strongest growth in marriages throughout France.

At the departmental level, Manche, with an increase of 29.3%, even displays the 7th increase of all French departments, a ranking where the Ardennes is at thetop with 36% additional marriages. “Marriage in some way confirms an already established situation,” points out the head of the study.