Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
4,507 residents make their home in this town in Manche, Normandy.
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer does the important things well, at a cost. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. Safety is a strength too — an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 12.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The catch is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes an A−, better than 77% of compared French towns. That places it #13 of 27 in Manche. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Saint-Pair-sur-Mer does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Pair-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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Christian-Dior4.8 km northwest, in Granville
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Granville4.7 km northwest, in Granville
MuseumMusée d'Art moderne Richard-Anacréon4.7 km northwest, in Granville
MuseumLe Roc des Curiosités4.9 km northwest, in GranvilleAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de l'Oiselière4.9 km east, in Saint-PlanchersPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer.
Children under 15 count for 11% of the people here. 6.7% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Manche’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Also worth knowing: among adults, 35% have a degree.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 41% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Recorded offenses in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer came to 67 in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were burglary than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 10.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, houses go for €3,581/m² and apartments for €3,911/m². This Manche town is the second most expensive of the 39 towns in Manche, at €3,681/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €12.35/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,581/m² | 216 |
| Apartments | €3,911/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. At birth, a girl in Manche can expect 85.5 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 797 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 762, 4% fewer.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly one in ten commuters travelled at the census. Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.8 mi away. Ranked by results, schools here are #22 of 29 in Manche. At the three general lycées, 97% of 271 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sévigné PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 92%−2 pts |
| Lycée Julliot de la MorandièreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 205 | 97%±0 pts |
| Lycée hôtelier Maurice MarlandBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 68 | 91%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer | 4,507 | — | A− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Granville | 12,510 | 2.3 | C | C− | D | B |
| Donville-les-Bains | 3,146 | 3 | C+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage | 2,778 | 6.1 | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Bréhal | 3,487 | 6.3 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne | 3,167 | 12 | — | A− | — | B |
| Avranches | 10,143 | 13 | B | C+ | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 27 in Manche. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #22 of 29 in Manche. 97% of 205 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Julliot de la Morandière in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pair-sur-Mer grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer is a commune of 4,507 people in the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.