Ceaucé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 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 Ceaucé 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 Ceaucé.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Ceaucé costs less than in Orne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €6.78/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Ceaucé is below both Orne’s towns (€8.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,095/m², comes from 72 sales of houses and apartments in Ceaucé from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,095/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ceaucé€1,095/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,095/m²
72
€6.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.05 to €9.10/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,660
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Andaine - Passais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Ceaucé: 36% are 65 or over, above Orne’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Ceaucé comes above both Orne’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.3% of the town.
55.9median age
CeaucéOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Ceaucé’s ages would predict, 74 per 100 expected, under Orne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Ceaucé, that is below both Orne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 148 residents of Ceaucé died, against 200 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw74
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Ceaucé · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chic des Andaines Domfront
13 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
84.6 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Orne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ceaucé has lower unemployment than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3%
Ceaucé sits below both Orne’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Ceaucé has 300 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.7 per worker. At the census, 4.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
300
jobs based in Ceaucé, 0.7 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 30% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Ceaucé: 31% were built before 1919, more than in Orne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Ceaucé above both Orne’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Ceaucé: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Ceaucé is Menhir de la Pierre.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ceaucé
Is Ceaucé safe?
Ceaucé 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 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Ceaucé expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,095/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ceaucé grades A+ for cost of living.
About Ceaucé
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Ceaucé is a commune of 1,165 people in the Communauté de communes Andaine - Passais. 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.
