Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, Isigny-sur-Mer earns an A−: better than just over three quarters of compared French towns, and #10 of 46 in Calvados. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 10.6% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Isigny-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.
Château (ancienne résidence épiscopale): Photo: Arcisse de Caumont · Public domain · Château de Castilly: Photo: S. Plaine · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Isigny-sur-Mer.
HousingCost of living A−
A home in Isigny-sur-Mer sells for €1,425/m², less than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns
€1,425/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.95/m² a month, below Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses were 86% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 149 homes in Isigny-sur-Mer.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Isigny-sur-Mer€1,425/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,408/m²
128
€9.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.76 to €12.76/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Isigny-sur-Mer than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: 12% of adults
52.4median age
30% of residents are 65 or over, above both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15. Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.
Isigny-sur-MerCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma37%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education12%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Crime per resident in Isigny-sur-Mer is lower than in 67% of compared French towns
7.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Of the graded crimes in Isigny-sur-Mer, criminal damage came up most often (2025). All told, Isigny-sur-Mer had 47 recorded offenses in 2025. The town has 2,100 jobs for 1,350 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.7 violent offenses and 10.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Burglary9
Family violence7
Sexual violence7
Theft without violence12
Fraud11
Drug use5
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.
7.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
47
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.4%
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 other physical violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 8.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Money is tighter in Isigny-sur-Mer than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,020 a year per consumption unit
15%walk, cycle or take transit
No commute at all: 6.5% of working residents in Isigny-sur-Mer at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.6%, about level with both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot12%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
2,100
jobs based in Isigny-sur-Mer, 1.6 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Isigny-sur-Mer is above 66% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (103 places) count their residents as Isigny-sur-Mer’s; allowing for them, deaths were 6% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Isigny-sur-Mer is Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo, 13.6 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Calvados is 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Isigny-sur-Mer · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
13.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Isigny-sur-Mer: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Isigny-sur-Mer has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Isigny-sur-Mer is a commune of 3,543 people in the Communauté de communes Isigny-Omaha Intercom. 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
Population
3,543 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
24 sq mi (62.1 km²)
INSEE code
14342
Isigny-sur-Mer’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
