Valorbiquet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 24% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Valorbiquet 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 Valorbiquet.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Valorbiquet is harder to get around on foot than 87% of compared French towns
At the census, 6.2% 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 1,050 residents in work, Valorbiquet has 250 jobs: 0.3 each. The jobless rate is 8.3%.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Valorbiquet, 0.3 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,910
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 13% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Valorbiquet’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 64% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
365 deaths in Valorbiquet between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 296: 24% above. Its care home for older people (69 places) counts its residents as Valorbiquet’s; allowing for it, deaths were 7% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Valorbiquet is Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson, 6.9 mi away. Life expectancy in Calvados: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Valorbiquet · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
6.9 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
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Valorbiquet than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.18/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,687/m², below both Calvados’ towns (€2,560/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.55/m² a month. Sales in Valorbiquet from July 2023 to June 2026: 102 houses and apartments.
€1,687/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Valorbiquet€1,687/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,687/m²
102
€10.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.99 to €12.97/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.55/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
History
Valorbiquet keeps more of its old housing than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Valorbiquet is Croix du cimetière. Relative to its size, Valorbiquet keeps 21 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. On the Culture ministry’s list, Valorbiquet counts 5 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Valorbiquet than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 16%. Ages in Valorbiquet split evenly at 47.4: half are older, half younger.
47.4median age
ValorbiquetCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
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%.
Croix du cimetière: Photo: Edouard Hue ( EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Besneray: Photo: Nadine TOUDIC · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien manoir: Photo: Jean-popo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Mailloc: Photo: Edouard Hue ( EdouardHue ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Valorbiquet
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Valorbiquet as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Valorbiquet
Is Valorbiquet safe?
Valorbiquet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Valorbiquet expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Valorbiquet grades B for cost of living.
About Valorbiquet
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Valorbiquet is a commune of 2,439 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.
