What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Recorded crime is low (A−): an average of 7.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schools lag: brevet results 4.8 points below the expected rate. Jobs & income is weaker too (C) — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. At €1,795/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cingal-Suisse Normande. The overall grade comes out at B, better than 62% of compared French towns. That places it #16 of 46 in Calvados. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 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 d'Harcourt: Photo: Eric Bajart · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom.
Safety
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom records less crime per resident than four in five compared French towns
7.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
43 offenses were reported in Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom during 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Family violence14
Burglary7
Theft without violence15
Fraud11
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.
7.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
43
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.8%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 13.8% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 84.9%
84.9%passed the brevetC−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 0.8 mi off. Its schools’ results rank #38 of 50 in Calvados. General-bac pupils go 10.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom costs less than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.35/m² a month
€1,795/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,795/m²: 104 houses and apartments sold in Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 92% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 104 homes were sold locally.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom€1,795/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,826/m²
96
€10.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.47 to €12.64/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,870
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cingal-Suisse Normande
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom keeps more of its old housing than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 92 in Calvados’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Calvados: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 471 residents of Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom died, against 399 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. The nearest emergency department to Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 13.9 mi away. The town has 3 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Parc Caen
13.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Parc Caen
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 8.0%
8%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €24,170 a year per consumption unit, close to Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.4% of Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom’s working residents to work at the census. The jobless rate is 10.7%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,150
jobs based in Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom, 0.8 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,170
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 46% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom are under 15, more than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns
42.2median age
People aged 15 to 24 are 9.7% of the population. Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom has a median age of 42.2 years. Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, close to Calvados’ towns (26%) and below compared French towns (30%).
Thury-Harcourt-le-HomCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Maurice Delaunay: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · François-Charles d'Harcourt: Leprunier, photographe (Bayeux), Public domain
About Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom is a commune of 3,600 people in the Communauté de communes Cingal-Suisse Normande. 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
3,600 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cingal-Suisse Normande
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
18.2 sq mi (47.1 km²)
INSEE code
14689
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom’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 Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom
Is Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom safe?
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #38 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,795/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
