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224 people live in this town in Calvados, Normandy.

Is Canapville a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Canapville out for now. Second homes make up 18% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.

What makes Canapville stand out

The 2 things Canapville does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Manoir des Evêques de Lisieux
Manoir des Evêques de Lisieux · Classé · Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0
Canapville’s story

Canapville in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Canapville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.

17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1995First protected: Manoir de Prétot
  • 2004Most recently protected: Manoir des Evêques de Lisieux
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Nearby attractions

Manoir des évêques de Lisieux and 18 more in and around Canapville

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Canapville. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Canapville.

Who lives here

Children make up only 9.3% of Canapville, fewer than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, below Calvados’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Residents of Canapville have a median age of 53.7.

53.7median age
CanapvilleCalvados medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Canapville
CanapvilleCalvados medianFrance median
Under 159.3%16%17%
15–248.5%11%11%
25–4420%22%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+30%25%22%
No diploma18%23%19%
CAP or BEP34%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education22%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Canapville: 17% were built before 1919, more than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns

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

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Canapville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Manoir des Evêques de Lisieux. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

16th c.
oldest protected part
1995
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Canapville is better off than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,030 a year per consumption unit

Unemployment stands at 5.3%. 1.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 100 residents in work, Canapville has 50 jobs: 0.3 each.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Canapville, 0.3 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.8 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away.

92.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Canapville92.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Gustave FlaubertNearest collègeCollègeCollège10992%+2 pts
92.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run higher in Canapville than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: €14.43/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €12.58/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 12 homes in Canapville.

€14.43/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Canapville€14.43/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Calvados median€12.67/m²
€14.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.30 to €20.21/m² a month)
€12.58/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 Canapville

13pages on Canapville

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Canapville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Manoir de Prétot: Photo: Pimprenel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manoir des Evêques de Lisieux: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Canapville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Canapville yet.

How we find them →

Canapville’s neighbors

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

All towns in Calvados →
TouquesPont-l'ÉvêqueDeauvilleTrouville-sur-MerHonfleurLa Rivière-Saint-SauveurTouquesPont-l'ÉvêqueDeauvilleTrouville-sur-MerHonfleurLa Rivière-Saint-SauveurCanapville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Canapville224—————
Touques3,9132.8DDC−C
Pont-l'Évêque5,1453BC−B−B+
Deauville3,5393.9DD−D−C
Trouville-sur-Mer4,6194D−D−D−C−
Honfleur6,6407.7D−DDD
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur2,5278.2CCA−D

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

About Canapville

Commune in Calvados, Normandy

Canapville is a commune of 224 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
224 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre d'Auge
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
1 sq mi (2.5 km²)
INSEE code
14131

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.