Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on walkability as well (A−): 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 28% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is jobs & income — 1.4 jobs per working resident; 10.4% unemployment. The median price paid is €738/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Lormes 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.
Each subject compares Lormes 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 Lormes.
Who lives here
An older town: 43% of people in Lormes are 65 or over, more than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns
The share aged 15 to 24 is 6.9%. Children under 15 make up 9.1%, below Nièvre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Line up the people of Lormes by age and the one in the middle is 60.7.
60.7median age
LormesNièvre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
27.7% of commuters in Lormes go to work without a car, more than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns
10.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Nièvre’s towns (14.2%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €23,400 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 15.8% of working residents in Lormes didn’t travel to work at all.
28%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving55%
On foot18%
Public transport6%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
600
jobs based in Lormes, 1.4 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
16%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Lormes loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 83 per 100 expected, below Nièvre’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Lormes is Ch Avallon, 14.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 311 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 366, 18% more. In Nièvre, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.1 years for women and 76.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Lormes can choose among 3 GPs.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Lormes · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Avallon
28.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Morlevat Semur En Auxois
84.1 · 76.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nièvre, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Lormes keeps more of its old housing than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 43% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Lormes; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Lormes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
All told, Lormes had 12 recorded offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.2 violent offenses and 10.4 graded property crimes a year. With 600 jobs for 450 working residents, Lormes draws people in from neighbouring communes. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage12
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
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.
3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
46.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 46.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lormes
Is Lormes safe?
Lormes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Lormes expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lormes grades A+ for cost of living.
About Lormes
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Lormes is a commune of 1,251 people in the Communauté de communes Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs. 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
Population
1,251 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs
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.
