Where it does best is schools (A): brevet results a point above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,731/m² takes 6.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon. It is strong on jobs & income as well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.2% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fontaine-Étoupefour 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.
Each subject compares Fontaine-Étoupefour 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Fontaine-Étoupefour than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: 50% of adults
41.3median age
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. 21% are under 15, above Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Ages in Fontaine-Étoupefour split evenly at 41.3: half are older, half younger.
Fontaine-ÉtoupefourCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education50%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Fontaine-Étoupefour loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 81 per 100 expected, below Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Calvados can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 127 deaths in Fontaine-Étoupefour between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 157: 19% below. The town has 6 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Fontaine-Étoupefour · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive St Martin Caen
5.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Parc Caen
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Fontaine-Étoupefour run higher than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: a median €31,270 a year per consumption unit
5%walk, cycle or take transit
The jobless rate is 4.2%. At the census, 5.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Fontaine-Étoupefour, 0.2 per working resident
4.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Fontaine-Étoupefour than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.97/m² a month
€2,731/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
60 sales of houses and apartments in Fontaine-Étoupefour, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,731/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 60 homes were sold locally. Houses made up 88% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fontaine-Étoupefour€2,731/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,717/m²
53
€10.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.06 to €13.28/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.67/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon
Fontaine-Étoupefour is a commune of 2,810 people in the Communauté de communes Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon. 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
Population
2,810 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
INSEE code
14274
Fontaine-Étoupefour’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fontaine-Étoupefour
Is Fontaine-Étoupefour safe?
Fontaine-Étoupefour has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 2.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Fontaine-Étoupefour good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #3 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fontaine-Étoupefour expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,731/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fontaine-Étoupefour grades B− for cost of living.
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.
