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It is a town of 1,153 residents in Calvados, Normandy.
School results are strong (A): brevet results a point above the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income. It lags on cost of living as well: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Tourville-sur-Odon 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.
Each subject compares Tourville-sur-Odon 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.
Tourville-sur-Odon 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 Tourville-sur-Odon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité, in Baron-sur-Odon, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Tourville-sur-Odon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tourville-sur-Odon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away. General-bac pupils go 5.8 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 96%+1 pt |
| Collège Paul VerlaineBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 164 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment is 7.9%. For its 500 residents in work, Tourville-sur-Odon has 150 jobs: 0.3 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
36% of adults hold a degree, above both Calvados’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. Half of Tourville-sur-Odon is older than 39.1, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Tourville-sur-Odon | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Tourville-sur-Odon: 25 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Tourville-sur-Odon is Hopital Prive St Martin Caen, 6.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 49 residents of Tourville-sur-Odon died, against 54 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. Life expectancy in Calvados: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Tourville-sur-Odon. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tourville-sur-Odon yet.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Tourville-sur-Odon is a commune of 1,153 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourville-sur-Odon | 1,153 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour | 2,810 | 2.2 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Verson | 4,059 | 2.5 | A | C− | B+ | B− |
| Carpiquet | 3,428 | 4.4 | B− | C− | B+ | B− |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon | 4,494 | 4.5 | A | D | A | A |
| Thue et Mue | 6,182 | 4.7 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Louvigny | 2,612 | 5 | — | D | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tourville-sur-Odon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 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.