Briouze has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C+): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 9.6% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 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.
Each subject compares Briouze 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 Briouze.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Briouze than in Orne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.64/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Briouze comes below both Orne’s towns (€8.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,297/m², comes from 55 sales of houses and apartments in Briouze from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,297/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Briouze€1,297/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,297/m²
55
€7.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.95 to €9.79/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Flers Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Briouze skews older, with 35% of residents 65 or over, more than Orne’s towns or compared French towns
For Briouze, that is above both Orne’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.9% of the population.
53median age
BriouzeOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Briouze sees fewer deaths than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 82 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Briouze sits below both Orne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 372 residents of Briouze died, against 337 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Briouze · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier les Andaines
8.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Jacques Monod Flers
84.6 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Orne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Briouze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 12 offenses in the graded categories in Briouze in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 70.1% of the index here.
3.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary7
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence21
Fraud11
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.
3.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.5
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
70.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Briouze
Is Briouze safe?
Briouze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
Is Briouze expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,297/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Briouze grades A for cost of living.
About Briouze
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Briouze is a commune of 1,512 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Flers Agglo. 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
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.
