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The town has 1,850 residents and lies in Calvados, Normandy.
Le Castelet’s strongest is jobs & income (A) — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 3.6% unemployment. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,505/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer. Walkability is weaker too — 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Castelet 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 Le Castelet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Castelet 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.
Le Castelet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Le Castelet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Castelet.
12% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 38% of adults, above both Calvados’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Residents of Le Castelet have a median age of 36.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Le Castelet | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 2.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €28,530 a year per consumption unit, above both Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Calvados live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 107 deaths in Le Castelet from 2016 to 2025; there were 177, 66% more. The nearest emergency department to Le Castelet is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 5.7 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,505/m²: 39 houses and apartments sold in Le Castelet between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.19/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 39 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,505/m² | 39 |
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.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.4% 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
The list names few of Le Castelet’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien château de Cramesnil: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Le Castelet as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Castelet | 1,850 | — | — | C | — | D− |
| Bourguébus | 2,613 | 1.8 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Saint-Martin-de-May | 4,529 | 4.2 | B+ | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Ifs | 11,937 | 4.6 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Cormelles-le-Royal | 5,377 | 4.8 | B | C− | A− | B− |
| Moult-Chicheboville | 3,441 | 5 | C | B− | A− | C− |
| Argences | 3,959 | 5.5 | C | B− | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Castelet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,505/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.32/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Castelet grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Le Castelet is a commune of 1,850 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
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 October 30, 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.