Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Schools are its weak spot — brevet results 3.9 points below the expected rate. At C overall, Saint-Pierre-en-Auge is better than 31% of compared French towns and ranks #31 of 46 in Calvados. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 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 Saint-Pierre-en-Auge.
History
Saint-Pierre-en-Auge is rich in protected monuments: 25 per 10,000 residents, more than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 24%. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Pierre-en-Auge is Ancienne abbaye. This Calvados town has 18 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 6 classé, the highest protection, and 12 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
Exam results around Saint-Pierre-en-Auge trail 78% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Pierre-en-Auge, 85.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below both Calvados’ towns (87.5%) and compared French towns (87.5%). School results put the town #36 of 50 in Calvados. The closest lycée for the general bac is 12 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Saint-Pierre-en-Auge costs less than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.14/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,684/m², below both Calvados’ towns (€2,560/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses were 97% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 259 homes in Saint-Pierre-en-Auge.
€1,684/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Pierre-en-Auge€1,684/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,684/m²
252
€9.14/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.22 to €11.57/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.67/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,970
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Saint-Pierre-en-Auge hold a degree than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 19%
15% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, higher than both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Saint-Pierre-en-Auge has a median age of 49.7.
49.7median age
Saint-Pierre-en-AugeCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Saint-Pierre-en-Auge ranks above 63% of compared French towns for crime per resident
All told, Saint-Pierre-en-Auge had 136 recorded offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 12.9 violent offenses and 11.4 graded property crimes a year. The commonest graded crime in the town was family violence (2025).
12.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence38
Criminal damage36
Other physical violence28
Burglary20
Sexual violence14
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence28
Fraud19
Drug use13
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.
12.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
136
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Saint-Pierre-en-Auge gets a C+ for health
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Calvados live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-en-Auge is Ch Falaise, 12.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 1,185 residents of Saint-Pierre-en-Auge died, against 968 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. Its three care homes for older people (248 places) count their residents as Saint-Pierre-en-Auge’s; allowing for them, deaths were 7% below expected.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Pierre-en-Auge · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Falaise
14.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ancienne abbaye: Photo: Laurent Hosansky Goéland · CC BY 3.0 · Château de Carel: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Lieury: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manoir du 15e siècle, dit la Commanderie: Photo: Sdo216 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Saint-Pierre-en-Auge
11 notable people were born in Saint-Pierre-en-Auge.
Paul Ourselin: FGphotographic, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eustache-Marie Courtin: Pierre Duval-Le Camus (1790, Lisieux - 1854, Saint-Cloud), Public domain · Victor-Alexandre Bailleux de Marisy: Jospe, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Georges de Dramard: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Saint-Pierre-en-Auge’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pierre-en-Auge
Is Saint-Pierre-en-Auge safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #31 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Pierre-en-Auge good?
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #36 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Pierre-en-Auge expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Pierre-en-Auge grades A− for cost of living.
About Saint-Pierre-en-Auge
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Saint-Pierre-en-Auge is a commune of 7,100 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie. 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.
