Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,869/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Val ès Dunes. School results trail most towns: brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: nearly a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Valambray 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 Valambray 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A+
Deaths in Valambray run below what its ages would predict: 61 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Valambray is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 9.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Valambray died, against 120 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% fewer. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Calvados is 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−39%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw61
Adjusted61
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Valambray · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Parc Caen
9.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Parc Caen
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Valambray is harder to get around on foot than 96% of compared French towns
6.2% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 4.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Calvados’ towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 750 residents in work, Valambray has 150 jobs: 0.2 each.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Valambray, 0.2 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 4% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Valambray are under 15, more than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Calvados’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Residents of Valambray have a median age of 42.9.
42.9median age
ValambrayCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
19%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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
History
Old homes shape Valambray: 28% were built before 1919, more than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Valambray is Église Saint-Germain. On the Culture ministry’s list, Valambray counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Valambray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Valambray’s tally for 2025: 18 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.3. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
46.7%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (46.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Tour de Valmeray and 4 more in and around Valambray
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Valambray. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Valambray
Is Valambray safe?
Valambray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Valambray good?
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Valambray expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,869/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Valambray grades B for cost of living.
About Valambray
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Valambray is a commune of 1,682 people in the Communauté de communes Val ès Dunes. 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.
