La Hague grades A overall: better than 94% of compared French towns, and #7 of 27 in Manche. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 26% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,354/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 3.8 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.
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 La Hague 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 La Hague.
Safety
Crime per resident in La Hague runs lower than in 100% of compared French towns
No compared town in Manche has less graded crime per resident than La Hague: it ranks first of 27. Police and gendarmerie recorded 77 offenses in the graded categories in La Hague in 2025. For 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, 3.9% of the index here.
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage38
Family violence16
Sexual violence10
Burglary7
Other physical violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud47
Theft without violence32
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.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
77
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.9%
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
History
La Hague is rich in protected monuments: 17 per 10,000 residents, more than Manche’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, La Hague comes above both Manche’s towns (6.7) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 19 historic monuments in La Hague: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 15 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in La Hague is Allée couverte dite des Pierres Pouquelées.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Incomes in La Hague run higher than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: a median €28,290 a year per consumption unit
La Hague sits above both Manche’s towns (€24,970) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 7.1%. La Hague has 9,300 jobs for 5,300 working residents, 1.8 per worker.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
9,300
jobs based in La Hague, 1.8 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
La Hague’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 868 residents of La Hague died, against 839 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. Its care home for older people (46 places) counts its residents as La Hague’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in La Hague · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Public du Cotentin
8.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Public du Cotentin
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
La Hague gets a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,354/m², comes from 288 sales of houses and apartments in La Hague from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.23/m² a month, close to Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,354/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Hague€2,354/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,358/m²
283
€10.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.58 to €13.81/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Hague
Is La Hague safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 27 in Manche. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in La Hague good?
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #9 of 29 in Manche. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Hague expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Hague grades B for cost of living.
About La Hague
Commune in Manche, Normandy
La Hague is a commune of 11,484 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin. 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.
