L'Orée-d'Écouves ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.3%
26% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of households are single parents. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.2%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put L'Orée-d'Écouves’s population at 709, in 310 households.
Throughout this page, the Orne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves L'Orée-d'Écouves behind 76% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%.
Only 19% of residents are 65 or over in L'Orée-d'Écouves
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ L'Orée-d'Écouves 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.1, L'Orée-d'Écouves is older than 57% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 26% of households are one person living alone in L'Orée-d'Écouves
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Couples with children are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Only 3.9% of households have no car in L'Orée-d'Écouves
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Second homes make up 9.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) in L'Orée-d'Écouves. 9.1% of homes stand empty, more than in 74% of compared French towns.
€25,270 a year: the median standard of living
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €25,270 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 23% in L'Orée-d'Écouves, less than in 91% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In L'Orée-d'Écouves, 3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 95% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Married residents make up 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
L'Orée-d'Écouves sits below 58% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (18%)
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
For L'Orée-d'Écouves, the census puts graduates of higher education at 31%. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around L'Orée-d'Écouves, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Orée-d'Écouves | 45.1 | 19% | 9.9% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 8.6 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 8.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Sées 4,168 · 10.7 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 15 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 15.9 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 17.1 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in L'Orée-d'Écouves
What is the population of L'Orée-d'Écouves?
709 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (719).
How old are L'Orée-d'Écouves’ residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in L'Orée-d'Écouves?
38, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in L'Orée-d'Écouves?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in L'Orée-d'Écouves?
€25,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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