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A town of 2,093 in Calvados, Normandy. 25% of residents are 15 to 24.
Épron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% 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 Épron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Épron 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 Épron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monastère des Bénédictines, in Caen, 0.8 mi away.
0.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Épron. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Caen3.9 km south, in Caen
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Caen3.9 km south, in Caen
MuseumPlan de Rome par Paul Bigot3.3 km south, in Caen
MuseumMusée de Normandie4 km south, in CaenAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye aux Dames de Caen4.1 km south, in CaenPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Épron.
On this, Épron is above both Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 7.6%. Épron has 550 jobs for 850 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Épron comes above both Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,744/m², comes from 71 sales of houses and apartments in Épron from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,690/m² | 49 |
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.
For Épron, that is below both Calvados’ towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 308 residents of Épron died, against 245 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Épron sits above both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 12% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Épron | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 25% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 18% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 54% | 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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Épron, 94.9% passed the bac, above both Calvados’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques MonodNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 90%−1 pt |
| CaenSup Sainte-Ursule PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 87 | 97%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel de l'Oasis PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 29 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 20 offenses in the graded categories in Épron in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 54.6% of the index here.
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
Nothing in Épron 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 Épron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épron | 2,093 | — | — | D | — | A− |
| Hérouville-Saint-Clair | 23,470 | 1.9 | C− | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Biéville-Beuville | 3,840 | 2.1 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Caen | 109,400 | 2.6 | D | D | D | B− |
| Blainville-sur-Orne | 6,106 | 3 | B− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Colombelles | 7,243 | 3.6 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Carpiquet | 3,428 | 4 | B− | C− | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Épron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns. 97% of 87 candidates passed the bac at CaenSup Sainte-Ursule in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,744/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Épron grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Épron is a commune of 2,093 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 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.