A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. It is a safe place by the numbers (A+): an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At A− overall, Thue et Mue is better than 80% of compared French towns and ranks #6 of 46 in Calvados. What counts against it is cost of living (C) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too (C) — 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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 Thue et Mue 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 Thue et Mue.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Thue et Mue than in 96% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Thue et Mue (2025). Its tally for 2025: 74 recorded offenses.
3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage31
Family violence20
Theft from vehicles15
Burglary8
Armed robbery0
Fraud34
Theft without violence17
Drug use11
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.
3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
74
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.9%
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by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
7 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total, higher than both Calvados’ towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. 5 of the 7 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 21% of people in Thue et Mue are under 15, more than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.9%. Degrees are held by 38% of adults.
39.8median age
Thue et MueCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education38%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Unemployment in Thue et Mue, 5.2%, runs below Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
At the census, 4.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. For its 3,000 residents in work, Thue et Mue has 1,200 jobs: 0.4 each. Half of residents lived on more than €28,240 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and compared French towns (€25,970).
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,200
jobs based in Thue et Mue, 0.4 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 27% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Thue et Mue records 85 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 92 in Calvados’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Calvados can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 360 deaths in Thue et Mue from 2016 to 2025; there were 307, 15% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Thue et Mue is Hopital Prive St Martin Caen, 6.2 mi away. The town has 8 family doctors.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Thue et Mue · 5.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive St Martin Caen
7.1 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Thue et Mue
Is Thue et Mue safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
Is Thue et Mue expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.25/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Thue et Mue grades C for cost of living.
About Thue et Mue
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Thue et Mue is a commune of 6,182 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.
