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A town in Calvados, Normandy, home to 2,155 people.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag (D): brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car (D−): 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Laize-Clinchamps 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 2 things Laize-Clinchamps does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Laize-Clinchamps 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.
Laize-Clinchamps has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Laize-Clinchamps has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Laize-Clinchamps. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Laize-Clinchamps.
6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.5% of commuters got to work without a car. Laize-Clinchamps holds 200 jobs; 1,000 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. The median disposable income is €27,750 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 5.9 mi away. A collège lies 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Guy de MaupassantNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 81%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 37% of adults. Laize-Clinchamps has a median age of 38.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Laize-Clinchamps | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,366/m², comes from 53 sales of houses and apartments in Laize-Clinchamps from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 53 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,366/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Laize-Clinchamps has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Laize-Clinchamps is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 6.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 89 residents of Laize-Clinchamps died, against 102 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. Also worth knowing: in Calvados, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Laize-Clinchamps has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: jean-pierre Hamon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Laize-Clinchamps 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laize-Clinchamps | 2,155 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Martin-de-May | 4,529 | 2 | B+ | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Fleury-sur-Orne | 5,941 | 4.9 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Ifs | 11,937 | 5 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Bourguébus | 2,613 | 5.1 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour | 2,810 | 5.2 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Louvigny | 2,612 | 5.2 | — | D | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Laize-Clinchamps has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 5% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,366/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Laize-Clinchamps grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Laize-Clinchamps is a commune of 2,155 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
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.