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A town in Calvados, Normandy, home to 2,431 people.

Is Caumont-sur-Aure a good place to live?

Housing is within reach (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Caumont-sur-Aure 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.

How Caumont-sur-Aure grades

Each subject compares Caumont-sur-Aure 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.

How grading works

Caumont-sur-Aure has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

HealthHealth outcomes are among the weakest comparedDOpen →Cost of livingNear the top of the towns comparedAOpen →Jobs & income9.0% unemploymentC−Open →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesCOpen →SchoolsBrevet results a point above the expected rateB+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

What makes Caumont-sur-Aure stand out

The 2 things Caumont-sur-Aure does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église de Parfouru-l'Eclin
Église de Parfouru-l'Eclin · Classé · Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0
Caumont-sur-Aure’s story

Caumont-sur-Aure in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Caumont-sur-Aure: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Jean-Baptiste Avelines, born in 1747, is the one person born in Caumont-sur-Aure before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1913First protected: Église de Parfouru-l'Eclin
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Landmarks

Caumont-sur-Aure has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église de Parfouru-l'Eclin: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caumont-sur-Aure.

HealthHealth D

Allowing for age and care homes, Caumont-sur-Aure sees more deaths than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 110 per 100 expected

+10%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

There are 4 general practitioners in Caumont-sur-Aure. The nearest emergency department to Caumont-sur-Aure is Centre hospitalier Aunay Bayeux, 13.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 307 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 474, 55% more. Life expectancy in Calvados: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw155
Adjusted110
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Caumont-sur-Aure · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Aunay Bayeux
13.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Aunay Bayeux
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Caumont-sur-Aure costs less than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.37/m² a month

€1,413/m²median sale price

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

Half the homes sold went for more than €1,413/m², below Calvados’ towns (€2,560/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 74 homes in Caumont-sur-Aure. Houses were 99% of what sold.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Caumont-sur-Aure€1,413/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,411/m²73
€9.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.18 to €12.23/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pré-Bocage Intercom

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income C−

Only 6.1% of commuters in Caumont-sur-Aure go to work without a car, fewer than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns

6%walk, cycle or take transit

The median disposable income was €23,210 a year per consumption unit, near Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 9.0% of the labour force are out of work. No commute at all: 7.8% of working residents in Caumont-sur-Aure at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Caumont-sur-Aure, 0.6 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns

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

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate

89.0%passed the brevetB+School Grade

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

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Caumont-sur-Aure89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Les sources d'AureNearest collègeCollègeCollège7189%+1 pt
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1 pt against the expected rate
0.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

History

Old homes shape Caumont-sur-Aure: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns

1historic monument

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

Among the classé monuments in Caumont-sur-Aure is Église de Parfouru-l'Eclin. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
1913
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Fewer people in Caumont-sur-Aure hold a degree than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 20%

45.6median age

One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Caumont-sur-Aure has a median age of 45.6.

Caumont-sur-AureCalvados medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma30%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Caumont-sur-Aure
Caumont-sur-AureCalvados medianFrance median
Under 1518%16%17%
15–249.5%11%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+24%25%22%
No diploma30%23%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat17%17%18%
Higher education20%26%30%

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

Safety

Caumont-sur-Aure has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Police and gendarmerie recorded 15 offenses in Caumont-sur-Aure in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4 violent offenses and 8.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage10
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud13
Theft without violence10

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.

4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
28.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 28.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

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Famous people from Caumont-sur-Aure

One notable person was born in Caumont-sur-Aure.

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About Caumont-sur-Aure

Commune in Calvados, Normandy

Caumont-sur-Aure is a commune of 2,431 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

Population
2,431 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pré-Bocage Intercom
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
15.7 sq mi (40.5 km²)
INSEE code
14143

Caumont-sur-Aure’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 →
Villers-BocageSaint-Jean-d'ElleSaint-Amand-VillagesTorigny-les-VillesLes Monts d'AunayLe Molay-LittryVillers-BocageSaint-Jean-d'ElleSaint-Amand-VillagesTorigny-les-VillesLes Monts d'AunayLe Molay-LittryCaumont-sur-Aure
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Caumont-sur-Aure2,431——A—D
Villers-Bocage3,0886.9A−CA−C+
Saint-Jean-d'Elle Manche2,5167.4—A—A
Saint-Amand-Villages Manche2,5257.6—A−—C−
Torigny-les-Villes Manche4,4449.4A+A−AB−
Les Monts d'Aunay4,7779.9B+B+AC+
Le Molay-Littry3,12410A−BA+C

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

Questions about Caumont-sur-Aure

Is Caumont-sur-Aure safe?

Caumont-sur-Aure has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Caumont-sur-Aure good?

They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Caumont-sur-Aure expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Caumont-sur-Aure grades A 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.