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A town in Calvados, Normandy, home to 2,612 people.
Louvigny’s strongest subject is walkability (A): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Louvigny has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Louvigny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Louvigny 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.
Louvigny has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Louvigny; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Louvigny. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Caen4.1 km northeast, in Caen
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Caen4.2 km northeast, in Caen
MuseumMusée de Normandie4 km northeast, in Caen
MuseumPlan de Rome par Paul Bigot4.5 km northeast, in Caen
Theme parkFestyland3.5 km northwest, in Bretteville-sur-OdonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louvigny.
Jobs located in Louvigny: 850, for 1,100 residents in work (0.8 each). Unemployment stands at 8.8%. Public transport took 6.1% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,846/m²: 56 houses and apartments sold in Louvigny between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 93% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,795/m² | 52 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
338 deaths in Louvigny between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 326: 4% above. Women in Calvados live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 5 GPs practise here.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
26% of residents are 65 or over. The middle age in Louvigny is 46.1. Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with Calvados’ towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%).
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Louvigny | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. 7.1% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and below Calvados’ towns (8.1%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 86% passed the bac pro, of 387 candidates at 4 lycées. Its collèges and lycées rank #24 of 50 in Calvados on results. The bac pass rate near Louvigny is 93.7%, close to both Calvados’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Stephen HawkingNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 86%+8 pts |
| Lycée François de MalherbeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 443 | 95%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel de l'Oasis PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 29 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over 2025, Louvigny logged 30 recorded offenses. Graded property crimes ran at 8.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.1 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 35.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The list names few of Louvigny’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Porte du 17e siècle: Photo: hamon jp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Louvigny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louvigny | 2,612 | — | — | D | — | A− |
| Fleury-sur-Orne | 5,941 | 1.2 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon | 4,494 | 1.2 | A | D | A | A |
| Caen | 109,400 | 2.2 | D | D | D | B− |
| Ifs | 11,937 | 2.2 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Verson | 4,059 | 2.6 | A | C− | B+ | B− |
| Carpiquet | 3,428 | 2.8 | B− | C− | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Louvigny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #24 of 50 in Calvados. 95% of 443 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François de Malherbe 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,846/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Louvigny grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Louvigny is a commune of 2,612 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.