What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. With an A− overall, Valdallière is better than 84% of compared French towns and ranks #5 of 46 in Calvados. Its strongest is cost of living (A) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Police record less crime here than in most towns (A−): an average of 11.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Incomes are on the low side (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. It also trails on walkability: 16% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Valdallière 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 Valdallière.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Valdallière costs less than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.60/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,124/m²: 203 houses and apartments sold in Valdallière between July 2023 and June 2026. The town is the second cheapest of the 53 towns in Calvados, at €1,124/m². The sales split: 100% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,124/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Valdallière€1,124/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,124/m²
202
€8.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.04 to €10.50/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,920
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
On foot, Valdallière works less well than nine in ten compared French towns
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.8% of commuters travelled at the census. The median disposable income was €23,750 a year per consumption unit, near Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 8.8%.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
1,000
jobs based in Valdallière, 0.4 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 8% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Valdallière records less crime per resident than three in four compared French towns
Over 2025, Valdallière logged 98 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence than anything else (2025).
11.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence50
Criminal damage17
Sexual violence15
Burglary9
Other physical violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud31
Theft without violence7
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.
11.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
98
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.7%
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 · Small counts of vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 4.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Valdallière, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Calvados’ towns and compared French towns: 79 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Valdallière is Centre hospitalier de Vire, 7.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 553 residents of Valdallière died, against 596 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. At birth, a girl in Calvados can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Valdallière · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Vire
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Jacques Monod Flers
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Valdallière: 26% 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 oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Valdallière is Commanderie de templiers de Courval. This Calvados town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Valdallière than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: 19% of adults
The share of residents under 15 is 17%. The age that splits Valdallière in two is 45.8. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Calvados’ towns (11%).
45.8median age
ValdallièreCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education19%
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%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Valdallière
Is Valdallière safe?
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Valdallière good?
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns and #10 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Valdallière expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,124/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Valdallière grades A for cost of living.
About Valdallière
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Valdallière is a commune of 5,696 people in the Communauté de communes Intercom de la Vire au Noireau. 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
5,696 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
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.
