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A town of 627 in Calvados, Normandy.

Is Reviers a good place to live?

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

Menhir dit Pierre debout
Menhir dit Pierre debout · Classé · Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Reviers’ story

Reviers in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Reviers: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1927First protected: Ancienne chapelle Sainte-Christine
  • 1934Most recently protected: Menhir dit Pierre debout
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Nearby attractions

Château de Fontaine-Henry and 20 more in and around Reviers

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Reviers. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Reviers.

History

Old homes shape Reviers: 36% were built before 1919, more than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Reviers is Menhir dit Pierre debout. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Reviers than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: 40% of adults

20% of residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.6% of residents, below Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. At 44.7, the median resident of Reviers sits in the middle of the age range.

44.7median age
ReviersCalvados medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Reviers
ReviersCalvados medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–249.6%11%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+20%25%22%
No diploma11%23%19%
CAP or BEP24%28%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education40%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Reviers are out of work than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: 5.2%

4.3% 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%). Reviers has 50 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.1 per worker. Also worth knowing: after tax and benefits, the median income is €29,440 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Reviers, 0.1 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points below the expected rate

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

General-bac pupils go 4.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.1 mi away.

84.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Reviers84.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège QuintefeuilleNearest collègeCollègeCollège11684%−6 pts
84.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −6 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Reviers is €12.57/m² a month

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

19 houses and apartments changed hands in Reviers from July 2023 to June 2026.

€12.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Reviers€12.57/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Calvados median€12.67/m²
€12.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.15 to €15.55/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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Reviers

13pages on Reviers

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Reviers: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Ancienne chapelle Sainte-Christine: Photo: Pimprenel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Menhir dit Pierre debout: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Reviers

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

How we find them →

Reviers’ 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 →
Courseulles-sur-MerDouvres-la-DélivrandeLuc-sur-MerRotsHermanville-sur-MerThue et MueCourseulles-sur-MerDouvres-la-DélivrandeLuc-sur-MerRotsHermanville-sur-MerThue et MueReviers
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Reviers627—————
Courseulles-sur-Mer4,2682C−CB−C+
Douvres-la-Délivrande5,1433.9ACAC+
Luc-sur-Mer3,2755A−C−AC+
Rots2,5446—C—A
Hermanville-sur-Mer3,3236.9—C−—C+
Thue et Mue6,1827.1A−CA+B

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

About Reviers

Commune in Calvados, Normandy

Reviers is a commune of 627 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Nacre. 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
627 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Nacre
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
1.7 sq mi (4.4 km²)
INSEE code
14535

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.