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With 360 residents, it is a town in Calvados, Normandy.
Maizet is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. It skews young: only 16% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Maizet does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Maizet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité, in Baron-sur-Odon, 3.5 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage and other places to visit in and near Maizet. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maizet.
Aged 15 to 24: 8.6% of residents. Children under 15 make up 22%, above both Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Maizet | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €26,740 a year per consumption unit, higher than Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Maizet number 50, against 200 residents in work (0.2 per worker). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 1.7% of commuters travelled at the census.
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.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.7 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul VerlaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 95%+1 pt |
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.
House rents are put at about €9.64/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 14 homes were sold in Maizet.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Maizet 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 Maizet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maizet | 360 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour | 2,810 | 4.6 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Martin-de-May | 4,529 | 4.7 | B+ | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Verson | 4,059 | 5.4 | A | C− | B+ | B− |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom | 3,600 | 6.2 | B | B+ | A− | B |
| Louvigny | 2,612 | 6.3 | — | D | — | A− |
| Fleury-sur-Orne | 5,941 | 6.5 | C | D | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Maizet is a commune of 360 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) · 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.