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806 people call this town in Calvados, Normandy home.

Is Genneville a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Genneville is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly a quarter of homes.

What makes Genneville stand out

The one thing Genneville does most differently from other towns.

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Genneville’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Genneville’s story

No historic monuments in Genneville

The Culture ministry lists no building in Genneville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château d'Ablon, in Ablon, 2 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Genneville.

Who lives here

Genneville has fewer older residents than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 17% are 65 or over

19% are under 15, higher than both Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Genneville has a median age of 42.6. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 10% of residents.

42.6median age
GennevilleCalvados medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Genneville
GennevilleCalvados medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+17%25%22%
No diploma18%23%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat15%17%18%
Higher education30%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Genneville are out of work than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%

3.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Jobs located in Genneville: 100, for 400 residents in work (0.2 each). The median disposable income is €27,650 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Genneville, 0.2 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.9 mi away. At the general lycée, 98% of 132 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Genneville86.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Genneville97.1%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Alphonse AllaisNearest collègeCollègeCollège10386%−4 pts
Lycée Albert SorelNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée13298%+1 pt
98%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
92%
passed the vocational bac, +7 pts against the expected rate
86.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Homes in Genneville sell for a median €2,717/m²

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.58/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 37 homes were sold in Genneville. The estimated advertised rent is €13.39/m² a month, above Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike.

€2,717/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Genneville€2,717/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,717/m²37
€13.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.00 to €17.92/m² a month)
€10.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Genneville

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Landmarks

Nothing in Genneville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Genneville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Genneville yet.

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Genneville’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Calvados →
La Rivière-Saint-SauveurHonfleurBeuzevillePont-l'ÉvêqueTouquesTrouville-sur-MerLa Rivière-Saint-SauveurHonfleurBeuzevillePont-l'ÉvêqueTouquesTrouville-sur-MerGenneville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Genneville806—————
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur2,5272.7CCA−D
Honfleur6,6403.5D−DDD
Beuzeville Eure4,7043.5B+BAD
Pont-l'Évêque5,1456.7BC−B−B+
Touques3,9137.7DDC−C
Trouville-sur-Mer4,6198D−D−D−C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Genneville

Commune in Calvados, Normandy

Genneville is a commune of 806 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville. 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
806 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.5 km²)
INSEE code
14299

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.