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A town of 170 in Calvados, Normandy.
Cintheaux is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Cintheaux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Cintheaux. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cintheaux.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Cintheaux is Église Saint-Germain.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 13%, below Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Over-65s are a fifth of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.4% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cintheaux | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.8% of commuters travelled at the census. For its 100 residents in work, Cintheaux has 50 jobs: 0.8 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.7 mi away. The closest collège is 1.8 mi off.
| 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.19/m² a month. The market in Cintheaux: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Cintheaux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Germain: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cintheaux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cintheaux | 170 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bourguébus | 2,613 | 4.3 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Saint-Martin-de-May | 4,529 | 5.1 | B+ | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Moult-Chicheboville | 3,441 | 6.3 | C | B− | A− | C− |
| Ifs | 11,937 | 6.7 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Argences | 3,959 | 7.1 | C | B− | A− | C− |
| Cormelles-le-Royal | 5,377 | 7.2 | B | C− | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Cintheaux is a commune of 170 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) · 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.