Gisors grades D overall: better than 13% of compared French towns, and #36 of 39 in Eure. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 16.6% unemployment. At the median price of €2,379/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Vexin Normand. Its strongest is walkability (A): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Gisors 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 Gisors.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Gisors, 16.6%, runs above Eure’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Gisors comes above both Eure’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 23.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
Public transport13%
On foot10%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
5,000
jobs based in Gisors, 1.1 per working resident
16.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,180
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Gisors than in Eure’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.31/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Gisors, that is above both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,379/m², comes from 350 sales of houses and apartments in Gisors from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,379/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gisors€2,379/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure median€1,989/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,360/m²
230
Apartments
€2,451/m²
120
€13.31/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.85 to €16.33/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,010
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Vexin Normand
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Gisors runs higher than in 74% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 379 offenses in the graded categories in Gisors in 2025. Violence against people ran at 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.4 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here.
12.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage150
Family violence64
Other physical violence44
Burglary35
Vehicle theft34
Sexual violence28
Theft from vehicles24
Fraud91
Theft without violence75
Drug use38
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.
12.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
379
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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
HealthHealth C
Gisors gets a C for health
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,620 residents of Gisors died, against 1,287 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. Its three care homes for older people (338 places) count their residents as Gisors’; allowing for them, deaths were 3% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
18
GPs in Gisors · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gisors
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Gisors
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Restes du château: Photo: Nitot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais: Photo: Original téléversé par Spedona sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pavillon de l'ancien parc du Douai de Graville: Photo: Davitof · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir dit ferme de Vaux: Photo: Davitof · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Gisors’ 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 Gisors
Is Gisors safe?
It grades C for safety, #31 of 39 in Eure. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 150 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gisors good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #7 of 38 in Eure. 94% of 312 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louise Michel in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gisors expensive to live in?
By type: houses €2,360/m² (230 sales), apartments €2,451/m² (120 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Gisors grades C− for cost of living.
About Gisors
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Gisors is a commune of 12,410 people in the Communauté de communes du Vexin Normand. 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.
