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Blangy-le-ChâteauCalvados

It is a town of 828 residents in Calvados, Normandy.

Is Blangy-le-Château a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Blangy-le-Château out for now. Holiday and other second homes account for 27% of homes.

What makes Blangy-le-Château stand out

The one thing Blangy-le-Château does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église
Église · Inscrit · Photo: Pimprenel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Blangy-le-Château’s story

Blangy-le-Château in pictures

Blangy-le-Château has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1928First protected: Ancienne auberge du Coq-Hardi
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Landmarks

The list names few of Blangy-le-Château’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Ancienne auberge du Coq-Hardi: Photo: Uwe Barghaan · CC BY 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blangy-le-Château.

Who lives here

Blangy-le-Château skews older, with 27% of residents 65 or over, more than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns

47.7median age

The 15-to-24 age group makes up 12% of residents. Line up the people of Blangy-le-Château by age and the one in the middle is 47.7.

Blangy-le-ChâteauCalvados medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Blangy-le-Château
Blangy-le-ChâteauCalvados medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–2412%11%11%
25–4420%22%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+27%25%22%
No diploma22%23%19%
CAP or BEP26%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education27%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Blangy-le-Château keeps more of its old housing than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919

3historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Blangy-le-Château has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit3
15th c.
oldest protected part
1928
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Blangy-le-Château has lower unemployment than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 5.6%

11%walk, cycle or take transit

Jobs located in Blangy-le-Château: 200, for 350 residents in work (0.6 each). The median disposable income was €25,980 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Calvados’ towns (€24,235). A tenth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving77%
On foot6%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Blangy-le-Château, 0.6 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Blangy-le-Château than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.46/m² a month

€10.46/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €9.60/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Blangy-le-Château.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Blangy-le-Château€10.46/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Calvados median€12.67/m²
€10.46/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.16 to €13.41/m² a month)
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Blangy-le-Château

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Nearby attractions

Manoir de Blangy-le-Château and 6 more in and around Blangy-le-Château

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Blangy-le-Château. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Blangy-le-Château

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Blangy-le-Château yet.

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About Blangy-le-Château

Commune in Calvados, Normandy

Blangy-le-Château is a commune of 828 people in the Communauté de communes Terre 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

Population
828 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre d'Auge
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
4.1 sq mi (10.7 km²)
INSEE code
14077

Blangy-le-Château’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Pont-l'ÉvêqueLisieuxBeuzevilleTouquesLa Rivière-Saint-SauveurHonfleurPont-l'ÉvêqueLisieuxBeuzevilleTouquesLa Rivière-Saint-SauveurHonfleurBlangy-le-Château
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Blangy-le-Château828—————
Pont-l'Évêque5,1455BC−B−B+
Lisieux19,6457.1C−C+C−C−
Beuzeville Eure4,7047.4B+BAD
Touques3,91311DDC−C
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur2,52711CCA−D
Honfleur6,64012D−DDD

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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.