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The town, home to 1,281 people, lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Torcé’s strongest is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Households here earn well: 2.4 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D): 8% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Over-65s are only just over a tenth of the population.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Torcé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Torcé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Torcé 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.
Torcé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Torcé; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 2003.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Torcé.
The 65-and-over age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 are 10% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Torcé | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
3.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (12.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 7.0%. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,250 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Torcé from July 2023 to June 2026: 26 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Torcé records 78 deaths per 100 expected. Life expectancy at birth in Ille-et-Vilaine is 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Torcé is Centre hospitalier Vitre, 4.6 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.9% of the total, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Torcé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Médard: Photo: GO69 · CC0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Torcé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torcé | 1,281 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Étrelles | 2,703 | 3.1 | — | B | — | A− |
| Bais | 2,539 | 3.8 | — | A | — | B |
| Vitré | 19,365 | 4.8 | A | C+ | B− | A− |
| Argentré-du-Plessis | 4,633 | 5.5 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Châteaubourg | 7,533 | 6.9 | A | C | A− | A− |
| Piré-Chancé | 3,224 | 8 | — | B | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Torcé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Torcé is a commune of 1,281 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vitré Communauté. 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) · 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 9, 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.