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A town of 1,060 in Calvados, Normandy. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Maltot has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Maltot does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Maltot 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Maltot: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1911.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Maltot. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maltot.
Unemployment stood at 5.9%, below both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 6.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Maltot didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share of residents under 15 is 22%. People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 13% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Maltot | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.8 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 1.6% of the total. Among the classé monuments in Maltot is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 42 residents of Maltot died, against 49 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Life expectancy in Calvados: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Maltot is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 4.3 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Maltot recorded 29 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Maltot has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Maltot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maltot | 1,060 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour | 2,810 | 1.8 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Louvigny | 2,612 | 2.2 | — | D | — | A− |
| Verson | 4,059 | 2.3 | A | C− | B+ | B− |
| Fleury-sur-Orne | 5,941 | 2.6 | C | D | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Martin-de-May | 4,529 | 2.7 | B+ | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon | 4,494 | 2.8 | A | D | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Maltot has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Maltot is a commune of 1,060 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.