Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, ranking #14 of 46 in Calvados. That leaves it better than 64% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Pont-l'Évêque 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-Melaine: Photo: Edouard Hue ( EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: Edouard Hue ( EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: Edouard Hue ( EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: Edouard Hue ( EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pont-l'Évêque.
History
Pont-l'Évêque is rich in protected monuments: 33 per 10,000 residents, more than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns
17historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 11 of 17. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2007. Pont-l'Évêque has 17 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 16 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Michel.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
A home in Pont-l'Évêque sells for €2,968/m², more than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns
€2,968/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Pont-l'Évêque sell for €3,556/m², houses for €2,891/m². Houses were 70% of what sold. The market locally: 149 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pont-l'Évêque€2,968/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,891/m²
104
Apartments
€3,556/m²
45
€13.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.71 to €16.34/m² a month)
7.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,690
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Terre d'Auge
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Pont-l'Évêque has 1.5 jobs for every resident in work
11%walk, cycle or take transit
10.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €24,220 a year per consumption unit. The unemployment rate comes to 9.4%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,250
jobs based in Pont-l'Évêque, 1.5 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Pont-l'Évêque, fewer than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns
47.7median age
Graduates make up 22% of adults. 28% of residents are 65 or over, above both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Pont-l'Évêque has a median age of 47.7.
Pont-l'ÉvêqueCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Pont-l'Évêque loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 82 per 100 expected, below Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pont-l'Évêque is Ch Cote Fleurie site de Cricqueboeuf, 7 mi away. 938 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 788: 19% above. Average lifespans in Calvados: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Pont-l'Évêque · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Cote Fleurie site de Cricqueboeuf
10 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
Pont-l'Évêque has more crime per resident than 54% of compared French towns
11.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Jobs outnumber working residents in Pont-l'Évêque (3,250 to 2,200): it draws people in from around. 2025 saw 131 offenses recorded in the town. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 11.2 violent offenses and 11 graded property crimes a year. The commonest graded crime here was family violence (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence51
Criminal damage35
Sexual violence19
Theft from vehicles18
Burglary8
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence40
Fraud40
Drug use34
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.
11.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
131
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.7%
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 other physical violence 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, 2.7% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Pont-l'Évêque is a commune of 5,145 people in the Communauté de communes Terre 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
5,145 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre d'Auge
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
5.1 sq mi (13.2 km²)
INSEE code
14514
Pont-l'Évêque’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 Pont-l'Évêque
Is Pont-l'Évêque safe?
It grades B− for safety, #27 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Pont-l'Évêque good?
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #4 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pont-l'Évêque expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.23/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Pont-l'Évêque grades C− 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.
