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1,598 people call this town in Calvados, Normandy home.
Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is schools: brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €2,416/m² costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Val ès Dunes. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment.
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, INSEE census 2023. Bellengreville 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 Bellengreville 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.
Bellengreville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Bellengreville; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
The list names few of Bellengreville’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir de la Perquette: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bellengreville.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 6.8 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean CastelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 77%−10 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.
41 sales of houses and apartments in Bellengreville, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,416/m². A house rents for an estimated €10.86/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.32/m² a month, near Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,416/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% are under 15, above both Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). At 44.7, the median resident of Bellengreville sits in the middle of the age range. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bellengreville | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 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.
Bellengreville has one family doctor. The nearest emergency department to Bellengreville is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 6.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 92 residents of Bellengreville died, against 110 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. 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.
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. 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.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.9% of the total, below 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
At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Bellengreville didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €25,800 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Calvados’ towns (€24,235). Public transport took 2.4% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Bellengreville. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bellengreville as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Bellengreville is a commune of 1,598 people in the Communauté de communes Val ès Dunes. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellengreville | 1,598 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Argences | 3,959 | 2 | C | B− | A− | C− |
| Moult-Chicheboville | 3,441 | 2 | C | B− | A− | C− |
| Bourguébus | 2,613 | 4 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Troarn | 3,439 | 4.2 | A | C | A | B+ |
| Démouville | 3,035 | 4.7 | — | C | — | A− |
| Giberville | 5,077 | 5.1 | C+ | C | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bellengreville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,416/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bellengreville grades C for cost of living.
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.