Residents are healthier than most (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Les Monts d'Andaine 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.
Each subject compares Les Monts d'Andaine 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.
Allée couverte de la Bertinière · Classé · Photo: Astérixobélix · Public domain
Les Monts d'Andaine’s story
Les Monts d'Andaine in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Les Monts d'Andaine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1967.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Jean-Pierre Brisset, born in 1837, is the one person born in Les Monts d'Andaine before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1967First protected: Allée couverte de la Bertinière
Allée couverte de la Bertinière: Photo: Astérixobélix · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Monts d'Andaine.
HealthHealth A+
Les Monts d'Andaine loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 58 per 100 expected, below Orne’s towns and compared French towns
−42%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Orne: 84.6 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 120 residents of Les Monts d'Andaine died, against 164 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. There is one general practitioner here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw73
Adjusted58
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Les Monts d'Andaine · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier les Andaines
11.1 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
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Les Monts d'Andaine than in Orne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.15/m² a month
€1,164/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,164/m², comes from 42 sales of houses and apartments in Les Monts d'Andaine from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 42 homes were sold in the town.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Les Monts d'Andaine€1,164/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,164/m²
42
€7.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€4.96 to €10.30/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Flers Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Les Monts d'Andaine is harder to get around on foot than 96% of compared French towns
3%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 2.8% of commuters got to work without a car. 6.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below Orne’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €24,860 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Les Monts d'Andaine, 0.3 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 4% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
17% of Les Monts d'Andaine’s homes were built before 1919 (Orne towns 21%, compared French towns 7.4%)
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Les Monts d'Andaine is Allée couverte de la Bertinière. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up 18% of Les Monts d'Andaine, above Orne’s towns and compared French towns
46.4median age
Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, close to Orne’s towns (9.4%) and below compared French towns (11%). Half of Les Monts d'Andaine is older than 46.4, half younger.
Les Monts d'AndaineOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Les Monts d'Andaine is a commune of 1,684 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
Population
1,684 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Flers Agglo
Département
Orne (61)
Région
Normandy
Area
14.5 sq mi (37.6 km²)
INSEE code
61463
Les Monts d'Andaine’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Les Monts d'Andaine
Is Les Monts d'Andaine safe?
Les Monts d'Andaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Les Monts d'Andaine good?
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. 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 Les Monts d'Andaine expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,164/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Les Monts d'Andaine grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
