La Ferté Macé grades B overall: better than 57% of compared French towns, and #13 of 19 in Orne. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 14.8 recorded violent incidents and 19.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,043/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Flers Agglo. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results 2.4 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3.3 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares La Ferté Macé 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
La Ferté Macé records more crime per resident than 89% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 169 offenses in the graded categories in La Ferté Macé in 2025. With 3,300 jobs for 1,750 working residents, La Ferté Macé draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. For armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 1.0% of the index here.
14.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage56
Family violence37
Other physical violence25
Sexual violence21
Burglary15
Theft from vehicles15
Theft without violence54
Fraud32
Drug use16
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.
14.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
169
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 12% of La Ferté Macé, fewer than in Orne’s towns and compared French towns
On this, La Ferté Macé is below both Orne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). 32% of residents are 65 or over.
53.8median age
La Ferté MacéOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma33%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in La Ferté Macé, 13.7%, runs above Orne’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, La Ferté Macé comes above both Orne’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €22,570 a year per consumption unit.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot13%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
3,300
jobs based in La Ferté Macé, 1.9 per working resident
13.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 74% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
La Ferté Macé’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 74% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, La Ferté Macé’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above both Orne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,065 residents of La Ferté Macé died, against 803 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw133
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in La Ferté Macé · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier les Andaines
13.7 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Ferté Macé: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Ferté Macé
Is La Ferté Macé safe?
It grades D for safety, #16 of 19 in Orne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 56 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in La Ferté Macé good?
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #2 of 13 in Orne. The lycée stands out: 98% of 66 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des Andaines in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Ferté Macé expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Ferté Macé grades A− for cost of living.
About La Ferté Macé
Commune in Orne, Normandy
La Ferté Macé is a commune of 5,071 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.
