Real strengths, and real weak spots. Moult-Chicheboville grades C overall, better than 26% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #33 of 46 in Calvados. Schools lag: brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,253/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Val ès Dunes. Where it does best is safety — an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Moult-Chicheboville 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 Saint-Martin de Beneauville: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Beneauville: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moult-Chicheboville.
Schools
Brevet results near Moult-Chicheboville run low: 77.0% passed, below Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
77.0%passed the brevetD−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 8.8 mi away. A collège lies 0.9 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #47 of 50 in Calvados.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 23% of people in Moult-Chicheboville are under 15, more than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns
35.9median age
13% of residents are 65 or over, below both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 13%. Moult-Chicheboville has a median age of 35.9 years.
Moult-ChichebovilleCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
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 C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Moult-Chicheboville sees more deaths than four in five compared French towns
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Moult-Chicheboville records 102 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 136 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 139, 2% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Moult-Chicheboville is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 8.7 mi away. There is one general practitioner in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Moult-Chicheboville · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Parc Caen
8.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Parc Caen
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Crime per resident in Moult-Chicheboville runs lower than in 77% of compared French towns
6.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
For 2025, the figures show 49 offenses in Moult-Chicheboville. More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence19
Criminal damage18
Burglary7
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence13
Fraud13
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.
6.4
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
49
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.3%
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 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, 9.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Fewer commuters in Moult-Chicheboville walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 5.2%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
1,450 jobs are based in Moult-Chicheboville, for 1,600 working residents (0.9 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €25,700 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 9.5%, below Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,450
jobs based in Moult-Chicheboville, 0.9 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Moult-Chicheboville: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Moult-Chicheboville, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 2 of 3. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Moult-Chicheboville costs less than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.89/m² a month
€2,253/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,253/m², comes from 99 sales of houses and apartments in Moult-Chicheboville from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Moult-Chicheboville€2,253/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,263/m²
97
€10.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €13.35/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,950
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Val ès Dunes
Moult-Chicheboville is a commune of 3,441 people in the Communauté de communes Val ès Dunes. 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
3,441 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val ès Dunes
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
6.8 sq mi (17.7 km²)
INSEE code
14456
Moult-Chicheboville’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 Moult-Chicheboville
Is Moult-Chicheboville safe?
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Moult-Chicheboville good?
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns and #47 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Moult-Chicheboville expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,253/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Moult-Chicheboville grades B− for cost of living.
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.
