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A town of 1,286 in Calvados, Normandy.
Clécy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Clécy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Clécy 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Clécy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit La Belle Roche, in Culey-le-Patry, 3.9 mi away.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clécy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,667/m², lower than both Calvados’ towns (€2,560/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Clécy from July 2023 to June 2026: 41 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,667/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Calvados, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. After the care-home adjustment, Clécy’s deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, above both Calvados’ towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 218 residents of Clécy died, against 165 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% more. The nearest emergency department to Clécy is Centre hospitalier Jacques Monod Flers, 11.4 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. Per resident in work, Clécy counts 0.9 jobs (500 jobs, 550 workers). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,390 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, near Calvados’ towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Clécy in two is 47.2. Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Clécy | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Clécy. Best known first.
Nothing in Clécy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Clécy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clécy | 1,286 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Condé-en-Normandie | 5,985 | 4.9 | C+ | A | C | C− |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom | 3,600 | 5.5 | B | B+ | A− | B |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre Orne | 4,201 | 7.7 | A+ | A | A+ | B+ |
| Les Monts d'Aunay | 4,777 | 9.4 | B+ | B+ | A | C+ |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers Orne | 3,173 | 11 | A | A | A+ | B |
| Valdallière | 5,696 | 12 | A− | A | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Clécy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Clécy grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Clécy is a commune of 1,286 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 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.