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1,079 people call this town in Calvados, Normandy home.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is walkability (D). A 70 m² home at the median €2,303/m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Amayé-sur-Orne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Amayé-sur-Orne 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.
Amayé-sur-Orne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Amayé-sur-Orne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Maltot, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Amayé-sur-Orne. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Amayé-sur-Orne.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Calvados, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 82 deaths in Amayé-sur-Orne from 2016 to 2025; there were 58, 29% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Amayé-sur-Orne is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 7 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Amayé-sur-Orne holds 50 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 0.1 jobs each. At the census, 3.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €28,810 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: nearly a fifth of residents. The age that splits Amayé-sur-Orne in two is 41.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Amayé-sur-Orne | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,303/m²: 34 houses and apartments sold in Amayé-sur-Orne between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.69/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.29/m² a month, about level with both Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,303/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Amayé-sur-Orne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Amayé-sur-Orne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amayé-sur-Orne | 1,079 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Saint-Martin-de-May | 4,529 | 3.3 | B+ | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour | 2,810 | 4.1 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Verson | 4,059 | 4.8 | A | C− | B+ | B− |
| Louvigny | 2,612 | 5.2 | — | D | — | A− |
| Fleury-sur-Orne | 5,941 | 5.3 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Ifs | 11,937 | 5.7 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Amayé-sur-Orne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,303/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Amayé-sur-Orne grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Amayé-sur-Orne is a commune of 1,079 people in the Communauté de communes Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon. 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.