Fewer journeys need a car: 39% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on safety: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 17.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Villers-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 Villers-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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villers-sur-Mer.
Who lives here
Children make up only 6.9% of Villers-sur-Mer, fewer than in Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
49% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
64.6median age
Villers-sur-MerCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
49%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 82 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Villers-sur-Mer costs more than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €4,425/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.89/m² a month, higher than both Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house in Villers-sur-Mer goes for €5,000/m², an apartment for €4,385/m². 886 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
€4,425/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Villers-sur-Mer€4,425/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,000/m²
110
Apartments
€4,385/m²
776
€14.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.70 to €18.95/m² a month)
11.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,330
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur Côte Fleurie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Villers-sur-Mer gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 20.3% of commuters
Half of residents lived on more than €26,910 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Calvados’ towns (€24,235). Villers-sur-Mer holds 900 jobs; 750 of its residents are in work, so 1.2 jobs each. 11.9% of people in the labour force have no job.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot12%
Public transport6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
900
jobs based in Villers-sur-Mer, 1.2 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Villers-sur-Mer is higher than in 61% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie figures for Villers-sur-Mer show 54 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage35
Family violence13
Burglary6
Armed robbery0
Drug use34
Theft without violence24
Fraud21
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.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
54
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.5%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (12.5% 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.
History
2 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2009
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Villers-sur-Mer is Église Saint-Martin. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. Homes from before 1919 make up a tenth of the total, 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
HealthHealth B−
Villers-sur-Mer records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 92 in Calvados’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Villers-sur-Mer is Ch Cote Fleurie site de Cricqueboeuf, 7 mi away. 475 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 471: 1% above. Average lifespans in Calvados: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 5 family doctors.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Villers-sur-Mer · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Cote Fleurie site de Cricqueboeuf
15 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de L Estuaire
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villers-sur-Mer
Is Villers-sur-Mer safe?
It grades C+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
Is Villers-sur-Mer expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villers-sur-Mer grades D for cost of living.
About Villers-sur-Mer
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Villers-sur-Mer is a commune of 2,440 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur Côte Fleurie. 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.
