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It is a town of 1,910 residents in Calvados, Normandy.
Bretteville-sur-Laize’s best grade is for health (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is easy to get around without a car: 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,331/m² takes 6.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cingal-Suisse Normande.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Bretteville-sur-Laize 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 Bretteville-sur-Laize 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.
Bretteville-sur-Laize has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Bretteville-sur-Laize has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1921.
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Bretteville-sur-Laize. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bretteville-sur-Laize.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Bretteville-sur-Laize is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 8.4 mi away. 249 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 226: 10% above. Average lifespans in Calvados: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 4 family doctors.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Bretteville-sur-Laize is 85.0%, lower than both Calvados’ towns (87.5%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CingalNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 85%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car. Jobs located in Bretteville-sur-Laize: 800, for 900 residents in work (0.9 each). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,990 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.64/m² a month. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in Bretteville-sur-Laize: 65 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,331/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Bretteville-sur-Laize is Église Notre-Dame de Quilly. 7% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of residents, higher than both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 27% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bretteville-sur-Laize | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
All told, Bretteville-sur-Laize had 15 recorded offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.2 violent offenses and 5.2 graded property crimes a year. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was family violence (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 59.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Bretteville-sur-Laize has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
Ancien manoir de Quilly: Photo: Entomolo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Barbery: Photo: hamon jp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bretteville-sur-Laize 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretteville-sur-Laize | 1,910 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Saint-Martin-de-May | 4,529 | 4.7 | B+ | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Bourguébus | 2,613 | 5.3 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Ifs | 11,937 | 7.1 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Fleury-sur-Orne | 5,941 | 7.5 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Cormelles-le-Royal | 5,377 | 7.7 | B | C− | A− | B− |
| Moult-Chicheboville | 3,441 | 8.1 | C | B− | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bretteville-sur-Laize has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.48/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bretteville-sur-Laize grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Bretteville-sur-Laize is a commune of 1,910 people in the Communauté de communes Cingal-Suisse Normande. 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.
