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It is a town of 3,088 residents in Calvados, Normandy.
Walkability is its strong suit (A): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes an A−, good for #9 of 46 in Calvados. On that grade it does better than 76% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and C+ for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Villers-Bocage does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villers-Bocage 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villers-Bocage as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Pierrelaye ou Pierre Lée, in Villy-Bocage, 1.6 mi away.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villers-Bocage.
Unemployment stood at 8.3%, below both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Villers-Bocage has 3,050 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 2.6 per worker. No commute at all: 5.2% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Villers-Bocage’s tally for 2025: 63 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10. The commonest graded crime here was family violence (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 9.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
21% of adults hold a degree, below Calvados’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Villers-Bocage has a median age of 49.4 years. The share of residents under 15 is 16%.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Villers-Bocage | Calvados median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 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.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.06/m² a month. Sales in Villers-Bocage from July 2023 to June 2026: 77 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,090/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. 649 deaths in Villers-Bocage between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 527: 23% above. Its care home for older people (180 places) counts its residents as Villers-Bocage’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Villers-Bocage is Centre hospitalier Aunay Bayeux, 13.6 mi away.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 13.7 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #15 of 50 in Calvados on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone VeilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 115 | 91%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Villers-Bocage. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Villers-Bocagein townChâteauChâteauChâteau Du Bosq4.6 km west, in Amayé-sur-SeullesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Parfouru3.5 km east, in Parfouru-sur-OdonChâteauChâteauLe Château2.3 km north, in Villy-BocagePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Villers-Bocage is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Villers-Bocage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Bocage | 3,088 | — | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Les Monts d'Aunay | 4,777 | 5 | B+ | B+ | A | C+ |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom | 3,600 | 9.7 | B | B+ | A− | B |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour | 2,810 | 10 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Verson | 4,059 | 10 | A | C− | B+ | B− |
| Thue et Mue | 6,182 | 11 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Carpiquet | 3,428 | 12 | B− | C− | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #17 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #15 of 50 in Calvados. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.61/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villers-Bocage grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Villers-Bocage is a commune of 3,088 people in the Communauté de communes Pré-Bocage Intercom. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 8, 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.