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This town in Calvados, Normandy has a population of 2,586.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results a point below the expected rate. Its weakest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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. Colleville-Montgomery has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Colleville-Montgomery does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Colleville-Montgomery 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.
Colleville-Montgomery has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Colleville-Montgomery, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Colleville-Montgomery. Best known first.
MuseumSite Hillmanin townChâteauChâteauManoir de Colleville-Montgomeryin townAttractionAttractionProxima Ex Illis Maximain townMuseumMuseumMémorial Pegasus4.3 km southeast, in RanvilleChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bénouville4.6 km south, in BénouvilleMuseumMuseumPoste de direction de tir de Riva-Bella3.5 km east, in OuistrehamPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Colleville-Montgomery.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €11.36/m² a month. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €13.14/m² a month, close to Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,135/m² | 94 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: 15% of residents. 29% of residents are 65 or over, above both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). At 50.9, the median resident of Colleville-Montgomery sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Colleville-Montgomery | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
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. Adjusted for age and care homes, Colleville-Montgomery records 95 deaths per 100 expected, close to Calvados’ towns (92) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 239 residents of Colleville-Montgomery died, against 252 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.6 mi away. School results put the town #11 of 50 in Calvados. Also worth knowing: a collège lies 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 91%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. 7.1% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment runs at 8.5%. At the census, 7.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Colleville-Montgomery has 250 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6.5 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 21 offenses in Colleville-Montgomery in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 34.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The list names few of Colleville-Montgomery’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Colleville-Montgomery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleville-Montgomery | 2,586 | — | — | D | — | C |
| Hermanville-sur-Mer | 3,323 | 1.1 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Ouistreham | 9,212 | 1.6 | C+ | D | C+ | C |
| Biéville-Beuville | 3,840 | 3 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Blainville-sur-Orne | 6,106 | 3.3 | B− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Luc-sur-Mer | 3,275 | 3.6 | A− | C− | A | C+ |
| Douvres-la-Délivrande | 5,143 | 3.9 | A | C | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Colleville-Montgomery has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns and #11 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Colleville-Montgomery grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Colleville-Montgomery is a commune of 2,586 people in the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer. 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 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.