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A town of 435 in Calvados, Normandy.
Maisons is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Maisons does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Maisons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Vaulaville, in Tour-en-Bessin, 0.9 mi away.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Maisons. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maisons.
On this, Maisons is below both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Maisons | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
In the comparison, Maisons comes above both Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and compared French towns (€25,970). 6.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Maisons has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
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.
Near Maisons, 96.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Calvados’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Institution Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 94%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Arcisse de CaumontNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 142 | 96%±0 pts |
| Lycée Institution Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 93 | 98%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Maisons is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Maisons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisons | 435 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bayeux | 12,659 | 3.1 | C | C | D | C+ |
| Le Molay-Littry | 3,124 | 7.7 | A− | B | A+ | C |
| Thue et Mue | 6,182 | 13 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer | 4,268 | 13 | C− | C | B− | C+ |
| Rots | 2,544 | 14 | — | C | — | A |
| Isigny-sur-Mer | 3,543 | 15 | A− | A− | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Maisons is a commune of 435 people in the Communauté de communes Isigny-Omaha Intercom. 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) · 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.