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Population 1,394: a town in Calvados, Normandy.
Amfreville’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on schools as well — brevet results 0.8 points above the expected rate. Cost of living is its weak spot — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Amfreville 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.
The one thing Amfreville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Amfreville 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.
Amfreville 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 Amfreville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Béneauville, in Bavent, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Amfreville. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Amfreville.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Amfreville. The nearest emergency department to Amfreville is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Cote de Nacre, 6.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 112 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 76, 32% fewer. Average lifespans in Calvados: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 6 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 91%−1 pt |
| Collège Alfred KastlerBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 96 | 96%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.36/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 32 homes were sold in Amfreville. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,848/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in Amfreville: 150, for 600 residents in work (0.2 each). The unemployment rate comes to 6.9%. At the census, 5.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%. Half of Amfreville is older than 47.3, half younger. Children are 16% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Amfreville | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Amfreville 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 Amfreville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amfreville | 1,394 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Ouistreham | 9,212 | 2.4 | C+ | D | C+ | C |
| Colleville-Montgomery | 2,586 | 3.4 | — | D | — | C |
| Blainville-sur-Orne | 6,106 | 3.5 | B− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Hermanville-sur-Mer | 3,323 | 4.5 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Biéville-Beuville | 3,840 | 4.5 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Colombelles | 7,243 | 4.6 | D | C− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Amfreville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.14/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Amfreville grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Amfreville is a commune of 1,394 people in the Communauté de communes Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge. 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.