The picture is mixed. It lags on schools as well — bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.1 points below the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car: 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 34% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,109/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #35 of 46 in Calvados. On that grade it does better than just over a fifth of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Hérouville-Saint-Clair 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.
Église Saint-Clair: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Notre-Dame du Petit-Lourdes: Photo: Loxyger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Saint-Vincent: Photo: Pradigue · CC BY 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hérouville-Saint-Clair.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Hérouville-Saint-Clair are out of work than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: 19.8%
34%walk, cycle or take transit
After tax and benefits, the median income is €20,270 a year per consumption unit. 33.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 2.6% of working residents in Hérouville-Saint-Clair didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving63%
Public transport19%
On foot9%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
13,450
jobs based in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, 1.6 per working resident
19.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Exam results around Hérouville-Saint-Clair trail 75% of compared French towns
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 87% of 785 candidates passed at the 8 vocational lycées within 5 km. Near Hérouville-Saint-Clair, 85.9% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Calvados’ towns (87.5%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. On results, collèges and lycées here come #34 of 50 in Calvados.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Hérouville-Saint-Clair skews young, with 19% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns
34.5median age
Children under 15 make up 18%, above Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents. Residents of Hérouville-Saint-Clair have a median age of 34.5.
Hérouville-Saint-ClairCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
19%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Hérouville-Saint-Clair run higher than in 63% of compared French towns
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
49 GPs practise in Hérouville-Saint-Clair. Its three care homes for older people (208 places) count their residents as Hérouville-Saint-Clair’s; allowing for them, deaths were 7% below expected. 1,684 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,607: 5% above. At birth, a girl in Calvados can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
49
GPs in Hérouville-Saint-Clair · 6.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Cote de Nacre
1.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Cote de Nacre
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Hérouville-Saint-Clair earns a C+ for cost of living
€2,109/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
699 sales of houses and apartments in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,109/m². The split here: €2,729/m² for houses, €1,971/m² for apartments. A house rents for an estimated €12.25/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Hérouville-Saint-Clair€2,109/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,729/m²
156
Apartments
€1,971/m²
543
€12.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.33 to €14.52/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Hérouville-Saint-Clair has 4 historic monuments, none of them classé
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 4. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.4% of the total, below both Calvados’ towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Per resident, Hérouville-Saint-Clair sees more crime than 59% of compared French towns
10.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
With 13,450 jobs for 8,600 working residents, Hérouville-Saint-Clair draws people in from neighbouring communes. 489 offenses were reported in Hérouville-Saint-Clair during 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12.7. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage129
Family violence108
Other physical violence71
Sexual violence59
Theft from vehicles59
Burglary39
Vehicle theft24
Theft without violence156
Fraud142
Drug use94
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.
10.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
489
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Hérouville-Saint-Clair is a commune of 23,470 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
Population
23,470 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
4.1 sq mi (10.7 km²)
INSEE code
14327
Hérouville-Saint-Clair’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 Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Is Hérouville-Saint-Clair safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #30 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 129 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Hérouville-Saint-Clair good?
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #34 of 50 in Calvados. 93% of 326 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Salvador Allende in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Hérouville-Saint-Clair expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,109/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hérouville-Saint-Clair grades C+ 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.
