Rots has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,667/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rots 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rots.
History
Rots keeps more of its old housing than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Rots is Château et ses dépendances. Per 10,000 residents, Rots counts 24 protected monuments. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments here: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). 4 of the 6 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Rots is better off than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €29,910 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stands at 5.0%. At the census, 3.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,550
jobs based in Rots, 1.3 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 10% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Rots run below what its ages would predict: 74 per 100 expected, fewer than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Rots has 2 family doctors. Women in Calvados live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 167 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 123, 26% fewer.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw74
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Rots · 5.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive St Martin Caen
5.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Cote de Nacre
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
84 sales of houses and apartments in Rots, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,667/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.66/m² a month, lower than both Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.88/m² a month.
€2,667/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rots€2,667/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,667/m²
84
€11.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.79 to €13.88/m² a month)
7.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Rots hold a degree than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 45%
The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents. 19% are under 15, higher than both Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Rots is 43.6 years old.
43.6median age
RotsCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Château et ses dépendances: Photo: Pescure · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de l'Ortial: Photo: hamon jp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Pescure · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir Saint-Ouen: Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rots
Is Rots safe?
Rots has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 1,550 jobs for 1,200 working residents, Rots draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is Rots expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,667/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rots grades C for cost of living.
About Rots
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Rots is a commune of 2,544 people in the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer. 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
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.
