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It is a town of 1,506 residents in Orne, Normandy.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 10 points above the expected rate. It also does well on cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Ferrière-aux-Étangs 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.
The 2 things La Ferrière-aux-Étangs does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Ferrière-aux-Étangs 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.
La Ferrière-aux-Étangs has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Ferrière-aux-Étangs as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Allée couverte de la Bertinière, in Les Monts d'Andaine, 4.2 mi away.
14% 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 La Ferrière-aux-Étangs.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 6.3 mi away. For collège, the closest is 0.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles LéandreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 54 | 98%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération Flers Agglo. The median sale price was €1,010/m², below Orne’s towns (€1,331/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Sales in La Ferrière-aux-Étangs from July 2023 to June 2026: 62 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,010/m² | 62 |
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.
Average lifespans in Orne: 84.6 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 486 deaths in La Ferrière-aux-Étangs between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 278: 75% above. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to La Ferrière-aux-Étangs is Centre hospitalier Jacques Monod Flers, 6.5 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, close to Orne’s towns (9.4%) and below compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 14%. 16% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| La Ferrière-aux-Étangs | Orne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 31% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 15% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,510 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 8.5%, below both Orne’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, La Ferrière-aux-Étangs counts 0.9 jobs (500 jobs, 550 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in La Ferrière-aux-Étangs was criminal damage (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.5. The town’s tally for 2025: 16 recorded offenses.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence 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, 44.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in La Ferrière-aux-Étangs is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Ferrière-aux-Étangs yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ferrière-aux-Étangs | 1,506 | — | — | A+ | — | D− |
| Flers | 14,432 | 6.5 | B− | A | C | C+ |
| Domfront en Poiraie | 4,113 | 7.6 | A+ | A | A− | B− |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers | 3,173 | 7.8 | A | A | A+ | B |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie | 2,699 | 8.1 | A+ | B+ | A− | A |
| La Ferté Macé | 5,071 | 8.3 | B | A− | D | C |
| Rives d'Andaine | 2,844 | 9.3 | — | A | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Ferrière-aux-Étangs has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Ferrière-aux-Étangs grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Orne, Normandy
La Ferrière-aux-Étangs is a commune of 1,506 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
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 November 4, 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.