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Le PlantisOrne

125 people live in this town in Orne, Normandy.

Is Le Plantis a good place to live?

Le Plantis isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 34% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up a third of residents.

What makes Le Plantis stand out

The 2 things Le Plantis does most differently from other towns.

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Le Plantis’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Le Plantis’ story

No historic monuments in Le Plantis

The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Plantis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Domaine des Joncherets, in La Mesnière, 4.9 mi away.

56% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Plantis.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Le Plantis than in Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5% are under 15

Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, near Orne’s towns (9.4%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are a third of the population. Degrees are held by 36% of adults.

52.8median age
Le PlantisOrne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat28%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Plantis
Le PlantisOrne medianFrance median
Under 156.5%14%17%
15–248.9%9.4%11%
25–4417%19%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+33%31%22%
No diploma11%30%19%
CAP or BEP20%30%26%
Baccalauréat28%15%18%
Higher education36%19%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 3.5% of commuters in Le Plantis go to work without a car, fewer than in Orne’s towns and across compared French towns

The jobless rate is 8.2%. The median disposable income was €25,130 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Orne’s towns (€23,600). No commute at all: 7.0% of working residents in Le Plantis at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Le Plantis, 0.2 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,130
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 Plantis is €9.04/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €7.92/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 7 homes in Le Plantis.

€9.04/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Plantis€9.04/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Orne median€8.77/m²
€9.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.22 to €11.33/m² a month)
€7.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Plantis

11pages on Le Plantis

Landmarks

Nothing in Le Plantis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Le Plantis

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Plantis yet.

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Le Plantis’ 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-PercheSéesTourouvre au PercheL'AigleMamersLa Ferté-en-OucheMortagne-au-PercheSéesTourouvre au PercheL'AigleMamersLa Ferté-en-OucheLe Plantis
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Plantis125—————
Mortagne-au-Perche3,8989.2BAC+C+
Sées4,16810B+AC−A−
Tourouvre au Perche2,95512A−AAC+
L'Aigle7,66315C−B+DC+
Mamers Sarthe4,99618BACC
La Ferté-en-Ouche2,93818B−AA−D

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

About Le Plantis

Commune in Orne, Normandy

Le Plantis is a commune of 125 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe. 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
125 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe
Département
Orne (61)
Région
Normandy
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code
61331

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 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.