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A town of 2,244 in Calvados, Normandy. 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Dozulé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,246/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge. Its strongest is walkability (A): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Dozulé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dozulé 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Dozulé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix du cimetière, in Douville-en-Auge, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Dozulé. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dozulé.
8.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €23,420 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Dozulé: 1,000, for 900 residents in work (1.1 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 373 deaths in Dozulé from 2016 to 2025; there were 492, 32% more. The nearest emergency department to Dozulé is Ch Cote Fleurie site de Cricqueboeuf, 13 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here. Women in Calvados live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
People 65 and over make up 28% of the town. 15% are under 15, lower than both Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Dozulé | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis PergaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 68 | 87%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Dozulé came to 39 in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8.6 violent offenses and 10.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (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, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (17.4% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,246/m²: 84 houses and apartments sold in Dozulé between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,248/m² | 83 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Dozulé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Dozulé.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dozulé | 2,244 | — | — | B | B | A− |
| Dives-sur-Mer | 5,122 | 4.5 | D− | D− | C | D |
| Cabourg | 3,725 | 5.2 | D− | D− | D− | C− |
| Troarn | 3,439 | 7.2 | A | C | A | B+ |
| Argences | 3,959 | 9.2 | C | B− | A− | C− |
| Deauville | 3,539 | 10 | D | D− | D− | C |
| Moult-Chicheboville | 3,441 | 10 | C | B− | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns. 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 €2,246/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Dozulé grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Dozulé is a commune of 2,244 people in the Communauté de communes Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge. 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.