Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany has a population of 5,732.
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Health is its strong suit (A+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Orgères earns an A−, which places it #42 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. It comes out better than 83% of compared French towns. Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 1.3 points below the expected rate. Buying in is costly (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
The 2 things Orgères does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Orgères 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 Orgères as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix du cimetière en granit, in Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orgères.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Orgères can choose among 2 GPs. Life expectancy in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 297 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 212, 29% fewer.
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.
43% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 15% of residents are 65 or older. The age that splits Orgères in two is 38.3.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Orgères | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
94.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Orgères, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (92.9%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). For exam results, it comes #41 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Andrée RéciponNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 89%−5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Paul (annexe du collège Saint-Joseph, Bruz) PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 110 | 98%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Orgères, houses go for €2,706/m² and apartments for €2,801/m². The estimated advertised rent is €13.14/m² a month, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 143 houses and apartments changed hands here from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,706/m² | 110 |
| Apartments | €2,801/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Orgères was family violence (2025). The police record for Orgères lists 129 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.6.
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 armed robbery, 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, 3.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Jobs located in Orgères: 1,150, for 2,750 residents in work (0.4 each). Bus, tram or train carried 10.4% of working residents in Orgères to work at the census. The median disposable income was €26,730 a year per consumption unit, in line with Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and gardens in and near Orgères. Best known first.
GardenJardins Rocambole4.7 km southeast, in Corps-NudsChâteauChâteauChâteau Létard4.1 km northeast, in Saint-ErblonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Orgères is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Orgères yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orgères | 5,732 | — | A− | C | B | A+ |
| Saint-Erblon | 3,651 | 1.8 | A− | C | B | A |
| Pont-Péan | 4,245 | 2.1 | A− | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Bourgbarré | 4,804 | 2.3 | A+ | C+ | A | A+ |
| Laillé | 5,225 | 2.6 | A | C | A− | A |
| Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche | 8,359 | 3.3 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Chartres-de-Bretagne | 8,880 | 3.5 | A− | C | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #41 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #41 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Orgères grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Orgères is a commune of 5,732 people in the Rennes Métropole. 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 4, 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.