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A town in Calvados, Normandy, home to 1,621 people.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools, C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €4,545/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Blonville-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 Blonville-sur-Mer does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Blonville-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.
Blonville-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 Blonville-sur-Mer as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Villers-sur-Mer, 2 mi away.
3.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Blonville-sur-Mer. Best known first.
MuseumLes Franciscaines Deauville3.5 km northeast, in DeauvilleMuseumMuseumVilla Strassburger3.6 km northeast, in DeauvilleMuseumMuseumPaléospace l’Odyssée1.6 km west, in Villers-sur-MerChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villers3.1 km southwest, in Villers-sur-MerAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Saint-Arnoult3.9 km east, in Saint-ArnoultPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blonville-sur-Mer.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Blonville-sur-Mer sell for €4,524/m², houses for €4,604/m². House rents are put at about €12.28/m² a month. 266 houses and apartments changed hands in the town from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,604/m² | 64 |
| Apartments | €4,524/m² | 202 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.5% are under 15, lower than both Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.7% of residents. The median resident of Blonville-sur-Mer is 57.8 years old.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Blonville-sur-Mer | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.5% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 182 residents of Blonville-sur-Mer died, against 227 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Women in Calvados live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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 C+ to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Blonville-sur-Mer, 90.0% passed the bac, below both Calvados’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MauroisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 93%+5 pts |
| Lycée André MauroisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 173 | 90%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The census found nearly one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Per resident in work, Blonville-sur-Mer counts 0.4 jobs (300 jobs, 600 workers). Of those in the labour force, 9.3% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Blonville-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 Blonville-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blonville-sur-Mer | 1,621 | — | — | D | — | B+ |
| Deauville | 3,539 | 2.5 | D | D− | D− | C |
| Touques | 3,913 | 3.4 | D | D | C− | C |
| Trouville-sur-Mer | 4,619 | 3.7 | D− | D− | D− | C− |
| Dives-sur-Mer | 5,122 | 6.8 | D− | D− | C | D |
| Pont-l'Évêque | 5,145 | 7.4 | B | C− | B− | B+ |
| Cabourg | 3,725 | 7.9 | D− | D− | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Blonville-sur-Mer has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 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. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. 90% of 173 candidates passed the bac at Lycée André Maurois in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Blonville-sur-Mer grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Blonville-sur-Mer is a commune of 1,621 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur Côte Fleurie. 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.