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1,118 residents make their home in this town in Calvados, Normandy.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Pupils here do less well than most (C−): brevet results 4.6 points below the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €2,820/m² costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer. It also trails on walkability (D).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay 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 Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay 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.
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay 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 Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay 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, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay. Best known first.
MuseumSite Hillman1.8 km west, in Colleville-MontgomeryChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bénouville2.8 km south, in BénouvilleMuseumMuseumPoste de direction de tir de Riva-Bella3.8 km northeast, in OuistrehamChâteauChâteauChâteau de Guernon-Ranville3.8 km southeast, in RanvilleChâteauChâteauManoir de Colleville-Montgomery1.6 km northwest, in Colleville-MontgomeryPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
38 deaths in Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 57: 34% below. At birth, a girl in Calvados can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Cote de Nacre, 5 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €29,440 a year per consumption unit. 4.5% 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%). At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay, 85.8% passed the brevet, below Calvados’ towns (87.5%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.5 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 91%−1 pt |
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.
The median price, €2,820/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €11.36/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 47 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,820/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 21%, above Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. 16% of residents have reached 65.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay 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 Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay | 1,118 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Colleville-Montgomery | 2,586 | 1.2 | — | D | — | C |
| Ouistreham | 9,212 | 1.7 | C+ | D | C+ | C |
| Hermanville-sur-Mer | 3,323 | 2.3 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Blainville-sur-Orne | 6,106 | 2.4 | B− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Biéville-Beuville | 3,840 | 2.6 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Colombelles | 7,243 | 4.4 | D | C− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 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.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,820/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.42/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay is a commune of 1,118 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
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 9, 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.