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A town of 1,455 in Orne, Normandy.
Bretoncelles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 13.0% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Bretoncelles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bretoncelles 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 Bretoncelles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Voré, in Rémalard en Perche, 4.6 mi away.
32% 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 Bretoncelles.
Children under 15 make up 16%, above Orne’s towns (14%) but below compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 30% of residents are 65 or older. Among adults, 19% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Bretoncelles | Orne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 31% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 15% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,280/m², close to Orne’s towns (€1,331/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Bretoncelles: 46 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.20/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,280/m² | 46 |
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 252 deaths in Bretoncelles from 2016 to 2025; there were 290, 15% more. The nearest emergency department to Bretoncelles is Ch Nogent le Rotrou Nouvel Hopital, 8.6 mi away. One GP practises locally. Life expectancy in Orne: 84.6 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
Median disposable income comes to €23,550 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried nearly a tenth of working residents in Bretoncelles to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bretoncelles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bretoncelles.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretoncelles | 1,455 | — | — | B | — | C+ |
| La Loupe Eure-et-Loir | 3,191 | 6.1 | B− | A− | D | C− |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou Eure-et-Loir | 9,292 | 8.7 | C+ | A− | C− | C+ |
| Longny les Villages | 2,811 | 8.9 | B+ | A | B | C+ |
| Senonches Eure-et-Loir | 3,045 | 11 | B | A | B− | D |
| Val-au-Perche | 3,336 | 14 | A | A | B | A− |
| Courville-sur-Eure Eure-et-Loir | 2,791 | 16 | A− | B+ | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bretoncelles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bretoncelles grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Bretoncelles is a commune of 1,455 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur du Perche. 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 October 30, 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.