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1,916 people live in this town in Calvados, Normandy.
Langrune-sur-Mer is easy to get around without a car: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (C): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.5% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Langrune-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.
Each subject compares Langrune-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.
Langrune-sur-Mer has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Langrune-sur-Mer does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Langrune-sur-Mer counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Langrune-sur-Mer has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Langrune-sur-Mer.
Bus, tram or train carried 3.4% of working residents in Langrune-sur-Mer to work at the census. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 13% of the population here. Graduates make up two in five adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Langrune-sur-Mer | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.11/m² a month, higher than both Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 88 homes were sold in Langrune-sur-Mer. Also worth knowing: for a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.36/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,452/m² | 68 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 171 residents of Langrune-sur-Mer died, against 220 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Langrune-sur-Mer is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Cote de Nacre, 8 mi away. At birth, a girl in Calvados can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maîtrise Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 171 | 99%+4 pts |
| Lycée général Cours Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 107 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame de Nazareth PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 32 | 97%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Langrune-sur-Mer (2025). 2025 saw 20 offenses recorded locally. Violence against people averaged 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 34.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Langrune-sur-Mer. Best known first.
ChâteauDomaine de la Baronnie3.6 km south, in Douvres-la-DélivrandeMonastery or conventMonastery or conventPrieuré de Tailleville3.1 km southwest, in Douvres-la-DélivrandeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lion-sur-Mer3.5 km southeast, in Lion-sur-MerChâteauChâteauChâteau de Semilly4 km west, in Bernières-sur-MerChâteauChâteauManoir de la Luzerne3.2 km northwest, in Bernières-sur-MerPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Langrune-sur-Mer as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Langrune-sur-Mer is a commune of 1,916 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langrune-sur-Mer | 1,916 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Luc-sur-Mer | 3,275 | 0.9 | A− | C− | A | C+ |
| Douvres-la-Délivrande | 5,143 | 1.8 | A | C | A | C+ |
| Hermanville-sur-Mer | 3,323 | 3.4 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer | 4,268 | 3.8 | C− | C | B− | C+ |
| Colleville-Montgomery | 2,586 | 4.5 | — | D | — | C |
| Ouistreham | 9,212 | 5.7 | C+ | D | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Langrune-sur-Mer has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns. 99% of 107 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Cours Notre-Dame in 2025, at 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 Langrune-sur-Mer grades C− for cost of living.
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.