Several subjects drag its grade down. Its weakest is jobs & income: 2.1 jobs per working resident; 17.3% unemployment. It lags on safety as well: an average of 13 recorded violent incidents and 15.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Where it does best is walkability — 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 28% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,797/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie. The overall grade lands at C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. That places it #36 of 46 in Calvados.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Lisieux 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lisieux.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Lisieux has higher unemployment than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 17.3%
Half of residents lived on more than €21,710 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and compared French towns (€25,970). 4.4% of Lisieux’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
28%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving66%
On foot17%
Public transport8%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
14,700
jobs based in Lisieux, 2.1 per working resident
17.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
30 historic monuments in Lisieux, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lisieux is Église Saint-Pierre, ancienne cathédrale. The town has 15 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Calvados’ towns (6.4) and compared French towns (2.5). Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. 20 of the 30 are houses and mansions.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Lisieux records more crime per resident than 77% of compared French towns
Lisieux has 14,700 jobs for 6,950 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. 2025 saw 559 offenses recorded here. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Lisieux (2025).
13recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage198
Family violence95
Other physical violence89
Sexual violence60
Theft from vehicles56
Burglary43
Vehicle theft18
Drug use330
Theft without violence120
Fraud84
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.
13
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
559
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% of the index here). 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C−
Lisieux has a higher adjusted death rate than 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Lisieux: 98 deaths for every 100 expected. 2,875 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,460: 17% above. Life expectancy in Calvados: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 16 family doctors.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
16
GPs in Lisieux · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
0.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A young town: 13% of people in Lisieux are 15 to 24, more than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns
Degrees are held by 21% of adults, lower than both Calvados’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents. Line up the people of Lisieux by age and the one in the middle is 47.
47median age
LisieuxCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 80 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Lisieux gets a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,797/m², comes from 757 sales of houses and apartments in Lisieux from July 2023 to June 2026. The split here: €1,961/m² for houses, €1,719/m² for apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.24/m² a month.
€1,797/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lisieux€1,797/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,961/m²
273
Apartments
€1,719/m²
484
€11.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.56 to €14.41/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,970
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie
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Lisieux’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lisieux
Is Lisieux safe?
It grades C− for safety, #37 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 43 burglaries and 198 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lisieux good?
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #25 of 50 in Calvados. 90% of 63 candidates passed the bac at Institution Frémont in 2025, 8 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lisieux expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,797/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.74/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lisieux grades C+ for cost of living.
About Lisieux
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Lisieux is a commune of 19,645 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie. 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.
