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Home to 2,443 people, this town lies in Calvados, Normandy.
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand’s best grade is for jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. It is strong on schools as well: bac results 1.3 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It skews older: 34% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: 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. Saint-Vigor-le-Grand 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 2 things Saint-Vigor-le-Grand does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Vigor-le-Grand 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.
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Saint-Vigor-le-Grand has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Vigor-le-Grand. Best known first.
MuseumTapisserie de Bayeux1.4 km southwest, in Bayeux
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux1.5 km southwest, in Bayeux
MuseumMusée Baron-Gérard1.5 km southwest, in Bayeux
MuseumMusée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie2.1 km southwest, in BayeuxGardenGardenLe Jardin de la Récup'in townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Vigor-le-Grand.
Half of Saint-Vigor-le-Grand is older than 52, half younger. 27% of adults hold a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
| Saint-Vigor-le-Grand | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Vigor-le-Grand, 96.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Calvados’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Institution Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 94%+3 pts |
| Lycée Institution Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 93 | 98%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Arcisse de CaumontBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 94 | 93%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Saint-Vigor-le-Grand. Women in Calvados live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 502 residents of Saint-Vigor-le-Grand died, against 436 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
The median disposable income was €27,710 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 4.4% of working residents in Saint-Vigor-le-Grand at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.66/m² a month, lower than both Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. The market in Saint-Vigor-le-Grand: 51 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,578/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Vigor-le-Grand is Ancien prieuré. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. 10% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Calvados’ towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ancien prieuré: Photo: Pimprenel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Sulpice: Photo: Pimprenel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Vigor-le-Grand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vigor-le-Grand | 2,443 | — | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Bayeux | 12,659 | 1 | C | C | D | C+ |
| Le Molay-Littry | 3,124 | 9.1 | A− | B | A+ | C |
| Thue et Mue | 6,182 | 9.2 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Rots | 2,544 | 10 | — | C | — | A |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer | 4,268 | 11 | C− | C | B− | C+ |
| Carpiquet | 3,428 | 13 | B− | C− | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 93 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Institution Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, 2 points above 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 Saint-Vigor-le-Grand grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Saint-Vigor-le-Grand is a commune of 2,443 people in the Communauté de communes de Bayeux 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
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 8, 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.
