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104 residents make their home in this town in Calvados, Normandy.

Is La Roque-Baignard a good place to live?

La Roque-Baignard isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 49% of its housing.

What makes La Roque-Baignard stand out

The one thing La Roque-Baignard does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château et sa poterne d'entrée
Château et sa poterne d'entrée · Inscrit · Photo: AD14-LS · CC0
La Roque-Baignard’s story

La Roque-Baignard in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Roque-Baignard, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1944.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1944First protected: Château et sa poterne d'entrée
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Roque-Baignard.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 16% of people in La Roque-Baignard are 65 or over, fewer than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by two in five adults. Also worth knowing: half of La Roque-Baignard is older than 46.7, half younger.

46.7median age
La Roque-BaignardCalvados medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Roque-Baignard
La Roque-BaignardCalvados medianFrance median
Under 1514%16%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+16%25%22%
No diploma13%23%19%
CAP or BEP20%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education40%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape La Roque-Baignard: 36% were built before 1919, more than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Roque-Baignard, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
17th c.
oldest protected part
1944
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Only 9.6% of commuters in La Roque-Baignard go to work without a car, fewer than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns

Jobs located in La Roque-Baignard: 50, for 50 residents in work (0.5 each). Just over a tenth of the labour force are out of work.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot8%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in La Roque-Baignard, 0.5 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in La Roque-Baignard than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.89/m² a month

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

The market in La Roque-Baignard: 3 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.89/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Roque-Baignard€10.89/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Calvados median€12.67/m²
€10.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €13.35/m² a month)
€8.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de La Roque-Baignard and 3 more in and around La Roque-Baignard

Heritage and other places to visit in and near La Roque-Baignard. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about La Roque-Baignard

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Landmarks

La Roque-Baignard has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Château et sa poterne d'entrée: Photo: AD14-LS · CC0

Famous people from La Roque-Baignard

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Roque-Baignard yet.

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La Roque-Baignard’s neighbors

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

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LisieuxPont-l'ÉvêqueMézidon Vallée d'AugeDives-sur-MerSaint-Pierre-en-AugeArgencesLisieuxPont-l'ÉvêqueMézidon Vallée d'AugeDives-sur-MerSaint-Pierre-en-AugeArgencesLa Roque-Baignard
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Roque-Baignard104—————
Lisieux19,6456.8C−C+C−C−
Pont-l'Évêque5,1459BC−B−B+
Mézidon Vallée d'Auge9,7669.2CBB−B
Dives-sur-Mer5,12212D−D−CD
Saint-Pierre-en-Auge7,10012CA−C+C+
Argences3,95912CB−A−C−

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

About La Roque-Baignard

Commune in Calvados, Normandy

La Roque-Baignard is a commune of 104 people in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Auge. 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
104 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre d'Auge
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
1.8 sq mi (4.7 km²)
INSEE code
14541

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.