Where it falls short is schools — brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Mézidon Vallée d'Auge’s overall grade, C, puts it better than a third of compared French towns. That places it #27 of 46 in Calvados. Work and incomes lag: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. Its best grade is for cost of living (B) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 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.
Église du Breuil: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien manoir des Demaines: Photo: AD14-LS · CC0 · Château de Canon: Photo: Original téléversé par Koreus sur Wikipédia français . · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge than in Calvados or compared French towns: 20 per 10,000 residents
20historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 18% of the total, above Calvados’ towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge is Ancienne église de Sainte-Marie-aux-Anglais. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.99/m² a month
€1,889/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,889/m², below Calvados’ towns (€2,560/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses were 99% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 321 homes were sold in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mézidon Vallée d'Auge€1,889/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,894/m²
317
€9.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.16 to €12.23/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,970
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge are under 15, more than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
40.9median age
Retirement age and beyond: 20% of residents are 65 or older. People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town, higher than both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge is 40.9.
Mézidon Vallée d'AugeCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Mézidon Vallée d'Auge records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 92 in Calvados’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 837 deaths in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge from 2016 to 2025; there were 889, 6% more. The nearest emergency department to Mézidon Vallée d'Auge is Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson, 13.5 mi away. This Calvados town has 8 family doctors. Life expectancy in Calvados: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
13.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Per resident, Mézidon Vallée d'Auge sees less crime than 54% of compared French towns
11.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Of the graded crimes in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge, family violence came up most often (2025). Violence against people ran at 11.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.5 (2023–2025 average). In all, 207 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence71
Criminal damage68
Sexual violence20
Other physical violence19
Theft from vehicles16
Burglary13
Fraud39
Theft without violence29
Drug use15
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.
11.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
207
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 1.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Mézidon Vallée d'Auge is graded a C− for jobs & income
11%walk, cycle or take transit
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,660 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 9.0%, lower than both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 10.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,950
jobs based in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge, 0.5 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
Mézidon Vallée d'Auge is a commune of 9,766 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie. 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
Population
9,766 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
40.2 sq mi (104 km²)
INSEE code
14431
Mézidon Vallée d'Auge’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
Is Mézidon Vallée d'Auge safe?
It grades B− for safety, #25 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge good?
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns and #40 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mézidon Vallée d'Auge expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mézidon Vallée d'Auge grades B for cost of living.
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