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Saint-Benoît-d'HébertotCalvados

A town in Calvados, Normandy, home to 446 people.

Is Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot a good place to live?

Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 18% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot stand out

The one thing Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot does most differently from other towns.

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Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot’s story

1 historic monument, 1 classé

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.

21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Louis Charles de Grieu, born in 1755, is the one person born in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1979First protected: Motte féodale
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot.

Who lives here

A town of families: 19% of people in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot are under 15, more than in Calvados’ towns and across compared French towns

Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older. 12% of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Half of Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot is older than 43.7, half younger.

43.7median age
Saint-Benoît-d'HébertotCalvados medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot
Saint-Benoît-d'HébertotCalvados medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–2412%11%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+18%25%22%
No diploma19%23%19%
CAP or BEP33%28%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education19%26%30%

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

History

Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot keeps more of its old housing than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot is Motte féodale. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

10th c.
oldest protected part
1979
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 2.7%

Unemployment stood at 8.7%, below both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 200 workers). 4.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
50
jobs based in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot, 0.3 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.54/m² a month

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

Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot recorded 15 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.54/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot€10.54/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Calvados median€12.67/m²
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €12.50/m² a month)
€10.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Malmain and 4 more in and around Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot

Heritage in and near Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot

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Landmarks

Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot

One notable person was born in Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot.

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Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot’s 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 →
BeuzevillePont-l'ÉvêqueLa Rivière-Saint-SauveurHonfleurTouquesTrouville-sur-MerBeuzevillePont-l'ÉvêqueLa Rivière-Saint-SauveurHonfleurTouquesTrouville-sur-MerSaint-Benoît-d'Hébertot
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot446—————
Beuzeville Eure4,7043.4B+BAD
Pont-l'Évêque5,1454.6BC−B−B+
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur2,5275.5CCA−D
Honfleur6,6406D−DDD
Touques3,9137.7DDC−C
Trouville-sur-Mer4,6198.4D−D−D−C−

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

About Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot

Commune in Calvados, Normandy

Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot is a commune of 446 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
446 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre d'Auge
Département
Calvados (14)
Région
Normandy
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.2 km²)
INSEE code
14563

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 November 4, 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.