Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability — 22% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income. Second homes make up just over a tenth of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Isigny-le-Buat has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Isigny-le-Buat 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Isigny-le-Buat is harder to get around on foot than 94% of compared French towns
The median disposable income was €24,200 a year per consumption unit, near Manche’s towns (€24,970) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.9% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs based in Isigny-le-Buat number 1,150, against 1,450 residents in work (0.8 per worker). 7.7% of people in the labour force have no job.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
1,150
jobs based in Isigny-le-Buat, 0.8 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 6% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Isigny-le-Buat: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Manche’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Isigny-le-Buat; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Isigny-le-Buat is above 59% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
297 deaths in Isigny-le-Buat between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 327: 9% below. Life expectancy at birth in Manche is 85.5 years for women and 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 91 per 100 expected, in line with Manche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88).
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Isigny-le-Buat · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Hilaire du Harcouet
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Avranches
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Degrees are less common in Isigny-le-Buat than in Manche’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults
18% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Manche’s towns (13%). Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. The median resident of Isigny-le-Buat is 44.7 years old.
44.7median age
Isigny-le-BuatManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Isigny-le-Buat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 22 offenses in Isigny-le-Buat in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.7 violent offenses and 5.7 graded property crimes a year. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
Theft without violence9
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
27.4%
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, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 27.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de La Mancellière and 4 more in and around Isigny-le-Buat
Heritage and family days out in and near Isigny-le-Buat. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Isigny-le-Buat
Is Isigny-le-Buat safe?
Isigny-le-Buat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Isigny-le-Buat expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,366/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Isigny-le-Buat grades A+ for cost of living.
About Isigny-le-Buat
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Isigny-le-Buat is a commune of 3,183 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. 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.
