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Home to 5,377 people, this town lies in Calvados, Normandy.
Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cormelles-le-Royal’s overall grade, B, puts it better than 63% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #15 of 46 in Calvados. What holds it back is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on schools — bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cormelles-le-Royal 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.
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The one thing Cormelles-le-Royal does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cormelles-le-Royal as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Réservoir ou château d'eau de la Guérinière, in Caen, 0.6 mi away.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cormelles-le-Royal is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cormelles-le-Royal.
At the census, 21.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 3,450 jobs are based in Cormelles-le-Royal, for 2,250 working residents (1.5 per worker). Unemployment runs at 8.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.7 (2023–2025 average). In all, 112 offenses reached the police record in Cormelles-le-Royal in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally 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 · When other physical violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (5.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Cormelles-le-Royal goes for €2,723/m², an apartment for €2,353/m². Behind the median of €2,542/m²: 166 houses and apartments sold in the town between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 61% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,723/m² | 102 |
| Apartments | €2,353/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 87% passed the bac pro, of 734 candidates at 7 lycées. Schools rank #33 of 50 in Calvados. For collège, the closest is 0.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Guillaume de NormandieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 76%+3 pts |
| Lycée Jules VerneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 21 | 95% |
| Collège Stephen HawkingBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 80 | 86%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of Cormelles-le-Royal is older than 43.8, half younger. 25% of residents are 65 or over, close to Calvados’ towns (25%) and above compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 16%.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cormelles-le-Royal | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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.
609 deaths in Cormelles-le-Royal between 2016 and 2025, close to the 608 that France’s rates at each age predict. Its care home for older people (79 places) counts its residents as Cormelles-le-Royal’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. Average lifespans in Calvados: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Cormelles-le-Royal can choose among 6 GPs.
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.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Cormelles-le-Royal. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Caen3.8 km northwest, in Caen
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Caen3.8 km northwest, in Caen
MuseumMusée de Normandie3.8 km northwest, in Caen
MuseumPlan de Rome par Paul Bigot4.4 km northwest, in Caen
MuseumMusée d’initiation à la nature3.8 km northwest, in CaenPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Cormelles-le-Royal.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Cormelles-le-Royal is a commune of 5,377 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cormelles-le-Royal | 5,377 | — | B | C− | A− | B− |
| Ifs | 11,937 | 1.1 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Mondeville | 10,331 | 1.3 | D | C− | C− | C |
| Fleury-sur-Orne | 5,941 | 1.9 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Caen | 109,400 | 2.4 | D | D | D | B− |
| Giberville | 5,077 | 2.7 | C+ | C | B | B |
| Louvigny | 2,612 | 2.9 | — | D | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #33 of 50 in Calvados. 95% of 21 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jules Verne in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,542/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cormelles-le-Royal grades C− 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.