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It is a town of 1,018 residents in Calvados, Normandy.
Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag (D): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 12.7% unemployment. It lags on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too: 51% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pont-d'Ouilly has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Pont-d'Ouilly does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pont-d'Ouilly 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.
Pont-d'Ouilly has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pont-d'Ouilly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Saint-Sauveur, in Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne, 3.7 mi away.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pont-d'Ouilly.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,456/m², below both Calvados’ towns (€2,560/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 45 homes in Pont-d'Ouilly.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,450/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Pont-d'Ouilly. The nearest emergency department to Pont-d'Ouilly is Ch Falaise, 9.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 112 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 119, 6% more. Life expectancy in Calvados: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.8% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €22,200 a year per consumption unit, below both Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 19% of adults, below both Calvados’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Pont-d'Ouilly is 47.9 years old. Under 15: 16% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Pont-d'Ouilly | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Pont-d'Ouilly. Best known first.
Nothing in Pont-d'Ouilly 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 Pont-d'Ouilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-d'Ouilly | 1,018 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre Orne | 4,201 | 6.1 | A+ | A | A+ | B+ |
| Condé-en-Normandie | 5,985 | 7.1 | C+ | A | C | C− |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom | 3,600 | 8.7 | B | B+ | A− | B |
| Falaise | 7,680 | 9.9 | C− | B | D | D |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers Orne | 3,173 | 11 | A | A | A+ | B |
| Flers Orne | 14,432 | 12 | B− | A | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pont-d'Ouilly has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pont-d'Ouilly grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Pont-d'Ouilly is a commune of 1,018 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Falaise. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.