Real strengths, and real weak spots. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,457/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Nacre. Walkability is its strong suit: just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, better than 25% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #34 of 46 in Calvados. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Courseulles-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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Château · Classé · Photo: Pimprenel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Courseulles-sur-Mer’s story
Courseulles-sur-Mer in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Courseulles-sur-Mer: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
Wikidata records 3 people born in Courseulles-sur-Mer before 1900, the earliest Charles Benoist, in 1861.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Courseulles-sur-Mer.
Who lives here
An older town: 51% of people in Courseulles-sur-Mer are 65 or over, more than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 7.3% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1% of the town, below both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).
65.3median age
Courseulles-sur-MerCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
51%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 78 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Courseulles-sur-Mer is easier to get around on foot than 92% of compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 12.7%, above both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 1,150 residents in work, Courseulles-sur-Mer has 1,500 jobs: 1.3 each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,990 a year.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot11%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
1,500
jobs based in Courseulles-sur-Mer, 1.3 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Exam results around Courseulles-sur-Mer trail 87% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Courseulles-sur-Mer, 84.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Calvados’ towns (87.5%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.4 mi away. Results rank its schools #41 of 50 in Calvados.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Courseulles-sur-Mer is graded a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,457/m², comes from 574 sales of houses and apartments in Courseulles-sur-Mer from July 2023 to June 2026. In Courseulles-sur-Mer, houses go for €3,343/m² and apartments for €3,478/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 574 homes were sold here.
€3,457/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Courseulles-sur-Mer€3,457/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,343/m²
125
Apartments
€3,478/m²
449
€13.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.72 to €16.15/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.67/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Nacre
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Courseulles-sur-Mer, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, close to Calvados’ towns (8.1%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Courseulles-sur-Mer is above 59% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Courseulles-sur-Mer can choose among 10 GPs. Its three care homes for older people (175 places) count their residents as Courseulles-sur-Mer’s; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,037 residents of Courseulles-sur-Mer died, against 975 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. The nearest emergency department to Courseulles-sur-Mer is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Cote de Nacre, 9.7 mi away.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Courseulles-sur-Mer · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Cote de Nacre
9.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Cote de Nacre
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More crime per resident in Courseulles-sur-Mer than in 54% of compared French towns
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.2 violent offenses and 16 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. All told, Courseulles-sur-Mer had 86 recorded offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
6.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage47
Other physical violence15
Family violence14
Theft from vehicles10
Fraud35
Theft without violence28
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.
6.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
86
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Courseulles-sur-Mer
Is Courseulles-sur-Mer safe?
It grades B− for safety, #27 of 46 in Calvados.
Are schools in Courseulles-sur-Mer good?
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #41 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Courseulles-sur-Mer expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,457/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.16/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Courseulles-sur-Mer grades C for cost of living.
About Courseulles-sur-Mer
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Courseulles-sur-Mer is a commune of 4,268 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Nacre. 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
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.
