Cintheaux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃to] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

The commune is located between Caen and Falaise and is the home to the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.

Gaumesnil was originally a separate village, now attached to Cintheaux; it has fewer than 19 residents.

The main town is situated around the church of Saint-Germain, classified as an official French historic monument.

Cintheaux was devastated by Allied artillery, which sought to annihilate the 12th SS Panzer Division in 1944, during Operation Totalize.