FR Cette page existe en français : Calvados en français → Votre navigateur est réglé en français. Votre choix est retenu pour les prochaines pages. Home › France › Calvados Normandy · Département 14 Find your town in Calvados Calvados has 526 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 53 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 88 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
46 graded towns
10 grade A− or better
526 towns and villages
Caen largest · 109,400
Calvados at a glance What Calvados is like The median ranked town in Calvados grades highest on walkability and safety against towns across France, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subject The median ranked town in Calvados against French towns · the line marks the median French town
Walkability A− ahead of 79% Safety B ahead of 63% Health C+ ahead of 39% Schools C+ ahead of 38% Jobs & income C+ ahead of 37% Cost of living C ahead of 28% The finder
Find a town that’s… 46 towns · ordered by Calvados rank
#1 in Calvados A Town · 4,494 people · #356 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA HealthLowest D Cost of living
#2 in Calvados A Town · 5,143 people · #426 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest C Cost of living
#3 in Calvados A Town · 3,439 people · #438 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA− Jobs & incomeLowest C Cost of living
#4 in Calvados A Town · 4,059 people · #506 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA SchoolsLowest C− Cost of living
#5 in Calvados A− Town · 5,696 people · #606 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA− SafetyLowest D Walkability
#6 in Calvados A− Town · 6,182 people · #745 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA− Jobs & incomeLowest C Walkability
#7 in Calvados A− Town · 3,124 people · #792 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA− SchoolsLowest C Health
#8 in Calvados A− Town · 3,275 people · #876 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#9 in Calvados A− Town · 3,088 people · #902 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− SafetyLowest C Cost of living
#10 in Calvados A− Town · 3,543 people · #912 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB+ SafetyLowest C Health
#11 in Calvados B+ Town · 2,613 people · #1,037 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest C Cost of living
#12 in Calvados B+ Town · 4,529 people · #1,094 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyB+ HealthLowest C− Schools
#13 in Calvados B+ Town · 4,777 people · #1,124 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyB+ Cost of livingLowest C− Jobs & income
#14 in Calvados B Town · 5,145 people · #1,373 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SchoolsB+ WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#15 in Calvados B Town · 5,377 people · #1,392 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− SafetyLowest C− Cost of living
#16 in Calvados B Town · 3,600 people · #1,460 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB+ Cost of livingLowest C− Schools
#17 in Calvados B− Town · 3,428 people · #1,737 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ SafetyLowest C− Cost of living
#18 in Calvados B− Town · 17,457 people · #1,950 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest C− Schools
#19 in Calvados B− Town · 4,207 people · #2,000 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA SafetyLowest D− Schools
#20 in Calvados B− Town · 6,106 people · #2,042 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− SafetyLowest D− Schools
#21 in Calvados B− Town · 8,629 people · #2,045 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA− SafetyLowest D Walkability
#22 in Calvados B− Town · 11,937 people · #2,089 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− HealthLowest C− Cost of living
#23 in Calvados C+ Town · 5,077 people · #2,263 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB HealthLowest C− Schools
#24 in Calvados C+ Town · 5,985 people · #2,278 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest C− Health
#25 in Calvados C+ Town · 9,212 people · #2,421 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− SchoolsLowest D Cost of living
#26 in Calvados C Town · 5,941 people · #2,473 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#27 in Calvados C Town · 9,766 people · #2,544 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B Cost of livingB HealthLowest D Schools
#28 in Calvados C Town · 2,527 people · #2,563 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB SchoolsLowest D Health
#29 in Calvados C Town · 3,959 people · #2,565 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB+ WalkabilityLowest D− Schools
#30 in Calvados C Town · 12,659 people · #2,571 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB+ SchoolsLowest D Safety
#31 in Calvados C Town · 7,100 people · #2,632 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB− WalkabilityLowest C− Schools
#32 in Calvados C Town · 6,207 people · #2,809 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B+ SafetyB Cost of livingLowest D− Schools
#33 in Calvados C Town · 3,441 people · #2,818 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB− Jobs & incomeLowest D− Schools
#34 in Calvados C− Town · 4,268 people · #2,851 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB− Jobs & incomeLowest D Schools
#35 in Calvados C− Large town · 23,470 people · #2,966 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityC+ SafetyLowest D Jobs & income
#36 in Calvados C− Town · 19,645 people · #3,104 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityC+ Cost of livingLowest C− Jobs & income
#37 in Calvados C− Town · 7,680 people · #3,138 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB Cost of livingLowest D Health
#38 in Calvados D City · 109,400 people · #3,266 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB− HealthLowest D Safety
#39 in Calvados D Town · 7,243 people · #3,267 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityC+ HealthLowest C− Cost of living
#40 in Calvados D Town · 10,331 people · #3,344 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityC+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Safety
#41 in Calvados D Town · 3,539 people · #3,360 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ Jobs & incomeLowest D− Safety
#42 in Calvados D Town · 3,913 people · #3,523 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityC+ SchoolsLowest D Cost of living
#43 in Calvados D− Town · 6,640 people · #3,620 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB SchoolsLowest D Safety
#44 in Calvados D− Town · 4,619 people · #3,690 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityC+ SchoolsLowest D− Cost of living
#45 in Calvados D− Town · 5,122 people · #3,771 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityC SafetyLowest D− Cost of living
#46 in Calvados D− Town · 3,725 people · #3,776 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB− Jobs & incomeLowest D− Cost of living
Show all 46 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
7 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
No overall grade Towns without an overall grade Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
Biéville-Beuville 3,840 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living C−, Schools D, Health B+, Jobs & income A−, Walkability B Hermanville-sur-Mer 3,323 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living C−, Schools A, Health C+, Jobs & income B, Walkability B− Démouville 3,035 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living C, Schools C+, Health A−, Jobs & income B−, Walkability A Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B−, Schools A, Health B+, Jobs & income A−, Walkability B Louvigny 2,612 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living D, Schools C+, Health A−, Jobs & income A−, Walkability A Colleville-Montgomery 2,586 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living D, Schools B, Health C, Jobs & income C+, Walkability B Rots 2,544 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living C, Health A, Jobs & income A+, Walkability D Every town and village 473 smaller towns and villages in Calvados With the 53 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 526 communes of Calvados, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Ablon1,166 Amayé-sur-Orne1,079 Amfreville1,394 Audrieu1,167 Aurseulles1,896 Authie1,707 Balleroy-sur-Drôme1,303 Baron-sur-Odon1,154 Basly1,029 Bavent1,885 Bellengreville1,598 Bénouville1,987 Bernières-sur-Mer2,437 Beuvillers1,283 Blonville-sur-Mer1,621 Bretteville-sur-Laize1,910 Cagny2,066 Cahagnes1,405 Cairon2,066 Cambes-en-Plaine1,830 Cambremer1,294 Castine-en-Plaine1,774 Caumont-sur-Aure2,431 Cesny-les-Sources1,411 Clécy1,286 Colomby-Anguerny1,353 Cresserons1,068 Creully sur Seulles2,261 Cuverville2,267 Dialan sur Chaîne1,006 Dozulé2,244 Épron2,093 Équemauville1,574 Esquay-Notre-Dame1,444 Éterville1,529 Évrecy2,066 Feuguerolles-Bully1,520 Fontenay-le-Marmion2,055 Fontenay-le-Pesnel1,258 Frénouville2,050 Grainville-sur-Odon1,105 Grandcamp-Maisy1,522 Grentheville1,025 Hérouvillette1,354 Houlgate1,834 La Vespière-Friardel1,179 Laize-Clinchamps2,155 Langrune-sur-Mer1,916 Le Castelet1,850 Lion-sur-Mer2,486 Maltot1,060 Mathieu2,331 Merville-Franceville-Plage2,231 Méry-Bissières-en-Auge1,082 Mouen1,788 Moulins-en-Bessin1,125 Moyaux1,383 Orbec1,975 Pont-d'Ouilly1,018 Ponts sur Seulles1,212 Port-en-Bessin-Huppain1,876 Potigny2,089 Ranville2,074 Saint-André-sur-Orne1,664 Saint-Arnoult1,092 Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay1,118 Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer2,101 Saint-Contest2,465 Saint-Désir1,756 Saint-Gatien-des-Bois1,295 Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe2,482 Saint-Manvieu-Norrey2,160 Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc1,040 Saint-Sylvain1,474 Saint-Vigor-le-Grand2,443 Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay1,362 Sannerville1,905 Seulline1,312 Soliers2,260 Thaon1,894 Tilly-sur-Seulles1,800 Tourville-sur-Odon1,153 Val d'Arry2,496 Valambray1,682 Valorbiquet2,439 Varaville1,022 Ver-sur-Mer1,581 Villers-sur-Mer2,440 385 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades Next door Départements next to Calvados The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
What is the best place to live in Calvados? Bretteville-sur-Odon ranks first of 46 graded towns of 2,500 or more: jobs & income (A) and health (A) are its strongest grades; cost of living (D) is its lowest. Douvres-la-Délivrande and Troarn follow.
How do the biggest towns in Calvados grade? Caen (109,400 people) grades D overall, with its best grade in walkability. Hérouville-Saint-Clair (23,470 people) grades C− overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked? By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Calvados, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Calvados on TownRatings? Yes: all 526 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 53 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 88 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 385 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked? The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Biéville-Beuville and Colleville-Montgomery and Démouville and Fontaine-Étoupefour and 3 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Bretteville-sur-Odon, Roi.dagobert (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Douvres-la-Délivrande, René Hourdry (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Troarn, Ikmo-ned (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Verson, Roi.dagobert (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Valdallière, Ikmo-ned (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Thue et Mue, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Le Molay-Littry, Chatsam (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Luc-sur-Mer, Nitot (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Villers-Bocage, Ikmo-ned (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Isigny-sur-Mer, Xfigpower (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Bourguébus, Dave osm (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Saint-Martin-de-May, jean-pierre Hamon (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Les Monts d'Aunay, Ikmo-ned (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Pont-l'Évêque, Schorle (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Cormelles-le-Royal, Benoit-caen (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom, Eric Bajart (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Carpiquet, Ikmo-ned (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Vire Normandie, Pline (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Noues de Sienne, Ikmo-ned (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Blainville-sur-Orne, Macollector (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Souleuvre en Bocage, Goéland (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Ifs, JP Hamon (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Giberville, Gigi@36 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Condé-en-Normandie, Ikmo-ned (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Ouistreham, Lieven Smits (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Fleury-sur-Orne, Denis Battail (CC BY 2.5 ) · Mézidon Vallée d'Auge, Dumas Roger (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur, Pymouss (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Argences, Roi.dagobert (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Bayeux, Mairie de Bayeux (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Saint-Pierre-en-Auge, Laurent Hosansky Goéland (CC BY 3.0 ) · Livarot-Pays-d'Auge, Jmh2o (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Moult-Chicheboville, Roi.dagobert (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Courseulles-sur-Mer, Remiforall (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Pascal Radigue (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Lisieux, Pradigue (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Falaise, Viault (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Caen, Chaitanya (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Colombelles, Roi.dagobert (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Mondeville, Benoit-caen (CC0 ) · Deauville, Kamel15 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Touques, Roland Godefroy (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Honfleur, Raimond Spekking (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Trouville-sur-Mer, W. Bulach (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Dives-sur-Mer, Pradigue (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Cabourg, Ji-Elle 10:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC) (Public domain ), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
