Canisy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,617/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Canisy 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 Canisy.
HealthHealth A+
Canisy loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 65 per 100 expected, below Manche’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Manche, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 168 residents of Canisy died, against 188 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Canisy is Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo, 3.3 mi away.
−35%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted65
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Canisy · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
3.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer commuters in Canisy walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 3.1%
7.8% of the labour force are out of work. Canisy has 500 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.7 per worker. No commute at all: 6.2% of working residents locally at the census.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
500
jobs based in Canisy, 0.7 per working resident
7.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 18% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Canisy is graded an A− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,617/m², comes from 69 sales of houses and apartments in Canisy from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €9.71/m² a month, near Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €7.78/m² a month.
€1,617/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Canisy€1,617/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,617/m²
69
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.83 to €12.03/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Canisy keeps more of its old housing than Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Canisy is Domaine du château de Canisy (également sur commune de Saint-Gilles). Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Canisy
Is Canisy safe?
Canisy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Canisy good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Canisy expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,617/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Canisy grades A− for cost of living.
About Canisy
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Canisy is a commune of 1,707 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Lô Agglo. 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.
