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203 residents make their home in this town in Orne, Normandy.

Is Le Renouard a good place to live?

Le Renouard is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 40% of its housing.

What makes Le Renouard stand out

The one thing Le Renouard does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Manoir de Corday ou Cauvigny
Manoir de Corday ou Cauvigny · Inscrit · Photo: Pimprenel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Le Renouard’s story

Le Renouard in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Le Renouard, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

64% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1948First protected: Manoir de Corday ou Cauvigny
  • 2003Most recently protected: Ferme de la Coulonche
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The data

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History

Old homes shape Le Renouard: 64% were built before 1919, more than in Orne’s towns and across compared French towns

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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Le Renouard, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
15th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Le Renouard than in Orne’s towns or across compared French towns: 37% of adults

21% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Orne’s towns (31%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.4% of the town. Under 15: 16% of residents.

48.8median age
Le RenouardOrne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education37%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Renouard
Le RenouardOrne medianFrance median
Under 1516%14%17%
15–247.4%9.4%11%
25–4423%19%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+21%31%22%
No diploma10%30%19%
CAP or BEP28%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%15%18%
Higher education37%19%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Le Renouard are out of work than in Orne’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%

9.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Households’ median disposable income: €24,050 a year per consumption unit.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
Public transport6%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Le Renouard, 0.3 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Renouard than in Orne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.26/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 16 homes in Le Renouard.

€8.26/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Renouard€8.26/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Orne median€8.77/m²
€8.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.51 to €10.48/m² a month)
€9.98/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 Corday and 3 more in and around Le Renouard

Heritage in and near Le Renouard. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Le Renouard

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Le Renouard, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

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Photo credits

Ferme de la Coulonche: Photo: MRE78 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir de Corday ou Cauvigny: Photo: Pimprenel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Le Renouard

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Le Renouard as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Le Renouard’s neighbors

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

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VimoutiersLivarot-Pays-d'AugeSaint-Pierre-en-AugeGouffern en AugeMézidon Vallée d'AugeArgentanVimoutiersLivarot-Pays-d'AugeSaint-Pierre-en-AugeGouffern en AugeMézidon Vallée d'AugeArgentanLe Renouard
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Renouard203—————
Vimoutiers2,9784.6CAC−C
Livarot-Pays-d'Auge Calvados6,2077.9CBB+C
Saint-Pierre-en-Auge Calvados7,1008.1CA−C+C+
Gouffern en Auge3,6369.6AA−A−A−
Mézidon Vallée d'Auge Calvados9,76613CBB−B
Argentan13,52713BA−DB

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

About Le Renouard

Commune in Orne, Normandy

Le Renouard is a commune of 203 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. 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
203 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Département
Orne (61)
Région
Normandy
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.5 km²)
INSEE code
61346

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.