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Population 2,050: a town in Calvados, Normandy.
Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C): 9% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Frénouville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Frénouville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Frénouville 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.
Frénouville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Frénouville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vieille église Notre-Dame-des-Prés, in Mondeville, 3.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Frénouville.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.86/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €13.32/m² a month, close to Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Frénouville recorded 71 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,552/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Frénouville has 300 jobs for 950 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 8.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €25,910 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% of the town, below both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). At 39.3, the median resident of Frénouville sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Frénouville | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 138 deaths in Frénouville from 2016 to 2025; there were 115, 17% fewer. Average lifespans in Calvados: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Frénouville is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 5 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Of the graded crimes in Frénouville, family violence came up most often (2025). In all, 28 offenses reached the police record here in 2025. Violence against people averaged 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7.1.
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 and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 42.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Frénouville. Best known first.
Nothing in Frénouville 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 Frénouville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frénouville | 2,050 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Bourguébus | 2,613 | 2.7 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Démouville | 3,035 | 3.3 | — | C | — | A− |
| Argences | 3,959 | 3.6 | C | B− | A− | C− |
| Giberville | 5,077 | 3.6 | C+ | C | B | B |
| Moult-Chicheboville | 3,441 | 3.7 | C | B− | A− | C− |
| Mondeville | 10,331 | 4.1 | D | C− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Frénouville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Frénouville grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Frénouville is a commune of 2,050 people in the Communauté de communes Val ès Dunes. 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.