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1,405 people call this town in Calvados, Normandy home.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools do well: brevet results a point above the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for walkability (C−). Residents’ health trails most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Cahagnes 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 Cahagnes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cahagnes 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.
Cahagnes 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 Cahagnes; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2010.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cahagnes.
Cahagnes has 200 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 5.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €25,880 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Calvados’ towns (€24,235).
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.
The middle sale price: €1,619/m², below Calvados’ towns (€2,560/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Cahagnes recorded 46 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,619/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town. 18% are under 15, higher than Calvados’ towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). Residents of Cahagnes have a median age of 41.7.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cahagnes | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.5 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les sources d'AureNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 71 | 89%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Cahagnes records 93 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 94 residents of Cahagnes died, against 101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Cahagnes is Centre hospitalier Aunay Bayeux, 14.6 mi away. The town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Cahagnes; none is classé, France’s top protection. The protected list starts in the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and museums in and near Cahagnes. Best known first.
The list names few of Cahagnes’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château d'Aubigny: Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · CC0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cahagnes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahagnes | 1,405 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Villers-Bocage | 3,088 | 4.8 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Les Monts d'Aunay | 4,777 | 7 | B+ | B+ | A | C+ |
| Saint-Amand-Villages Manche | 2,525 | 8.9 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Souleuvre en Bocage | 8,629 | 9.4 | B− | A | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-d'Elle Manche | 2,516 | 9.6 | — | A | — | A |
| Torigny-les-Villes Manche | 4,444 | 10 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cahagnes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cahagnes grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Cahagnes is a commune of 1,405 people in the Communauté de communes Pré-Bocage Intercom. 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 October 30, 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.