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With 1,390 residents, it is a town in Orne, Normandy.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is walkability: 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.4% unemployment.
Figures: 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 and employment, INSEE census 2023. La Selle-la-Forge 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 Selle-la-Forge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Selle-la-Forge 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 Selle-la-Forge 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 Selle-la-Forge as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de l'ancien petit séminaire dite Chapelle du Souvenir, in Flers, 0.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Selle-la-Forge.
Unemployment stands at 8.4%. Households’ median disposable income: €25,650 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 1.9% of working residents in La Selle-la-Forge at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,309/m²: 54 houses and apartments sold in La Selle-la-Forge between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,309/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 20% of adults, close to Orne’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| La Selle-la-Forge | Orne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 31% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 15% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Orne can expect 84.6 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 130 residents of La Selle-la-Forge died, against 158 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Selle-la-Forge is Centre hospitalier Jacques Monod Flers, 0.9 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 0.9 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of La Selle-la-Forge, 93.6% passed the bac, in line with Orne’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Thomas d'Aquin PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 97%+4 pts |
| Lycée Jean GuéhennoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 206 | 92%−3 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Thomas d'Aquin PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 38 | 100%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near La Selle-la-Forge. Best known first.
Nothing in La Selle-la-Forge 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 Selle-la-Forge 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 Selle-la-Forge | 1,390 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Flers | 14,432 | 1 | B− | A | C | C+ |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers | 3,173 | 2.1 | A | A | A+ | B |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre | 4,201 | 5.4 | A+ | A | A+ | B+ |
| Tinchebray-Bocage | 4,813 | 8.1 | A+ | A+ | A+ | B |
| Condé-en-Normandie Calvados | 5,985 | 8.7 | C+ | A | C | C− |
| Domfront en Poiraie | 4,113 | 11 | A+ | A | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Selle-la-Forge has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns. 92% of 206 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Guéhenno in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,309/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Selle-la-Forge grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Orne, Normandy
La Selle-la-Forge is a commune of 1,390 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 October 30, 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.