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With 1,154 residents, it is a town in Calvados, Normandy.
Baron-sur-Odon’s strongest subject is schools: brevet results a point above the expected rate. Work and incomes are strong: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Baron-sur-Odon 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 Baron-sur-Odon 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.
Baron-sur-Odon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Baron-sur-Odon: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Baron-sur-Odon. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baron-sur-Odon.
Unemployment stood at 4.5%, lower than both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 96%+1 pt |
| Collège Paul VerlaineBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 164 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Baron-sur-Odon in two is 40.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Baron-sur-Odon | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Baron-sur-Odon is Hopital Prive St Martin Caen, 6.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 51 residents of Baron-sur-Odon died, against 62 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Baron-sur-Odon is Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Also worth knowing: nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above Calvados’ towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 27 homes in Baron-sur-Odon.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Baron-sur-Odon: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ancien château et manoir: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Baron-sur-Odon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baron-sur-Odon | 1,154 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour | 2,810 | 1.3 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Verson | 4,059 | 1.8 | A | C− | B+ | B− |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon | 4,494 | 3.8 | A | D | A | A |
| Louvigny | 2,612 | 4 | — | D | — | A− |
| Carpiquet | 3,428 | 4 | B− | C− | B+ | B− |
| Fleury-sur-Orne | 5,941 | 4.9 | C | D | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Baron-sur-Odon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 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 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Baron-sur-Odon is a commune of 1,154 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) · 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.