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With 2,074 residents, it is a town in Calvados, Normandy.
Ranville’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools lag: brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Ranville 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 one thing Ranville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ranville 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.
Ranville 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 Ranville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mégalithe dit Les Pierres branlantes, in Biéville-Beuville, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Ranville. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ranville.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.1 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Langevin WallonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 78%−10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.36/m² a month. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest. 67 houses and apartments changed hands in Ranville from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,973/m² | 66 |
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.
132 deaths in Ranville between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 168: 21% below. Average lifespans in Calvados: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 3 GPs practise locally.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
32% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Calvados’ towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Ranville are older than 47.8.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Ranville | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €27,990 a year per consumption unit, above Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 7.4% of the labour force are out of work. No commute at all: 3.4% of working residents in Ranville at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 31 offenses were recorded in Ranville. Violence against people averaged 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12. Of the graded crimes locally, theft from vehicles came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and burglary number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (27.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Ranville 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 Ranville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranville | 2,074 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Blainville-sur-Orne | 6,106 | 1.9 | B− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Colombelles | 7,243 | 2.6 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Biéville-Beuville | 3,840 | 3.2 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Démouville | 3,035 | 3.3 | — | C | — | A− |
| Giberville | 5,077 | 3.4 | C+ | C | B | B |
| Ouistreham | 9,212 | 3.5 | C+ | D | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ranville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.14/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ranville grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Ranville is a commune of 2,074 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
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 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.