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PetivilleCalvados

A town of 560 in Calvados, Normandy.

Is Petiville a good place to live?

Petiville is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Petiville’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Petiville’s story

No historic monuments in Petiville

The Culture ministry lists no building in Petiville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Béneauville, in Bavent, 0.9 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Petiville.

Who lives here

Few people in Petiville are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, lower than both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 20% of residents. Petiville has a median age of 45.5 years.

45.5median age
PetivilleCalvados medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Petiville
PetivilleCalvados medianFrance median
Under 1520%16%17%
15–248.3%11%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+19%25%22%
No diploma16%23%19%
CAP or BEP34%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education28%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Petiville run higher than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns: a median €29,070 a year per consumption unit

5.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.7% of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs based in Petiville number 50, against 250 residents in work (0.3 per worker).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Petiville, 0.3 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

96.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.2 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away.

96.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Petiville96.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Alfred KastlerNearest collègeCollègeCollège9696%+3 pts
96.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Petiville costs more than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €16.20/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 20 homes were sold in Petiville. A house rents for an estimated €11.36/m² a month.

€16.20/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Petiville€16.20/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Calvados median€12.67/m²
€16.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.81 to €20.47/m² a month)
€11.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Batterie de Merville and 6 more in and around Petiville

Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Petiville. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Petiville

13pages on Petiville

Landmarks

Nothing in Petiville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Petiville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Petiville yet.

How we find them →

Petiville’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Calvados →
CabourgTroarnDives-sur-MerOuistrehamBlainville-sur-OrneDémouvilleCabourgTroarnDives-sur-MerOuistrehamBlainville-sur-OrneDémouvillePetiville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Petiville560—————
Cabourg3,7253.7D−D−D−C−
Troarn3,4394.2ACAB+
Dives-sur-Mer5,1224.5D−D−CD
Ouistreham9,2124.7C+DC+C
Blainville-sur-Orne6,1066B−C−A−B+
Démouville3,0356—C—A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Petiville

Commune in Calvados, Normandy

Petiville is a commune of 560 people in the Communauté de communes Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge. 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
560 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.9 km²)
INSEE code
14499

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.