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618 people live in this town in Orne, Normandy.

Is Le Pin-la-Garenne a good place to live?

Le Pin-la-Garenne is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 13% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up a third of residents.

What makes Le Pin-la-Garenne stand out

The 2 things Le Pin-la-Garenne does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de la Pellonière
Château de la Pellonière · Inscrit · Photo: Pucesurvitaminee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Pin-la-Garenne’s story

Le Pin-la-Garenne in pictures

Le Pin-la-Garenne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1967.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1967First protected: Château de la Pellonière
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Pin-la-Garenne.

Who lives here

An older town: 33% of people in Le Pin-la-Garenne are 65 or over, more than in both Orne’s towns and compared French towns

21% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Orne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.

53.7median age
Le Pin-la-GarenneOrne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma35%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

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.

Ages and diplomas in Le Pin-la-Garenne
Le Pin-la-GarenneOrne medianFrance median
Under 1513%14%17%
15–249.3%9.4%11%
25–4417%19%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+33%31%22%
No diploma35%30%19%
CAP or BEP21%30%26%
Baccalauréat15%15%18%
Higher education21%19%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Le Pin-la-Garenne keeps more of its old housing than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Le Pin-la-Garenne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
13th c.
oldest protected part
1967
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Le Pin-la-Garenne than in Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 9.1%

150 jobs are based in Le Pin-la-Garenne, for 250 working residents (0.7 per worker). The median disposable income is €23,790 a year per consumption unit. 7.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Le Pin-la-Garenne, 0.7 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Le Pin-la-Garenne is €8.63/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €6.41/m² a month. Le Pin-la-Garenne recorded 20 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.63/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Pin-la-Garenne€8.63/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Orne median€8.77/m²
€8.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.65 to €11.18/m² a month)
€6.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de la Pellonière and 5 more in and around Le Pin-la-Garenne

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Pin-la-Garenne. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Pin-la-Garenne

12pages on Le Pin-la-Garenne

Landmarks

Le Pin-la-Garenne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Château de la Pellonière: Photo: Pucesurvitaminee · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Le Pin-la-Garenne

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Pin-la-Garenne yet.

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Le Pin-la-Garenne’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Orne →
Mortagne-au-PercheMamersTourouvre au PercheLongny les VillagesVal-au-PercheNogent-le-RotrouMortagne-au-PercheMamersTourouvre au PercheLongny les VillagesVal-au-PercheNogent-le-RotrouLe Pin-la-Garenne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Pin-la-Garenne618—————
Mortagne-au-Perche3,8985.2BAC+C+
Mamers Sarthe4,99610BACC
Tourouvre au Perche2,95512A−AAC+
Longny les Villages2,81113B+ABC+
Val-au-Perche3,33614AABA−
Nogent-le-Rotrou Eure-et-Loir9,29215C+A−C−C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Le Pin-la-Garenne

Commune in Orne, Normandy

Le Pin-la-Garenne is a commune of 618 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mortagne au Perche. 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

Population
618 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Mortagne au Perche
Département
Orne (61)
Région
Normandy
Area
6.1 sq mi (15.8 km²)
INSEE code
61329

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 9, 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.