Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is walkability — two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B− for jobs & income. Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Lonlay-l'Abbaye 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 Lonlay-l'Abbaye 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lonlay-l'Abbaye.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lonlay-l'Abbaye than in Orne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.15/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Domfront Tinchebray Interco. Homes sold for a median €1,034/m², lower than both Orne’s towns (€1,331/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 44 homes were sold in Lonlay-l'Abbaye.
€1,034/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lonlay-l'Abbaye€1,034/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,034/m²
44
€7.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€4.96 to €10.30/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Domfront Tinchebray Interco
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Lonlay-l'Abbaye has fewer young adults than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24
Under 15: 16% of residents. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, lower than Orne’s towns (31%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 18% of adults.
49.6median age
Lonlay-l'AbbayeOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Lonlay-l'Abbaye, 8.4%, runs below Orne’s towns and compared French towns
Per resident in work, Lonlay-l'Abbaye counts 1.1 jobs (450 jobs, 450 workers). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,040 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: just over a tenth of working residents in the town at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot7%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
450
jobs based in Lonlay-l'Abbaye, 1.1 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Lonlay-l'Abbaye’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Orne is 84.6 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 127 deaths in Lonlay-l'Abbaye between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 150: 16% below. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Lonlay-l'Abbaye · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chic des Andaines Domfront
10 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
Lonlay-l'Abbaye keeps more of its old housing than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lonlay-l'Abbaye is Sarcophage creusé dans un rocher à la Thomassière. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lonlay-l'Abbaye
Is Lonlay-l'Abbaye safe?
Lonlay-l'Abbaye has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Lonlay-l'Abbaye expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lonlay-l'Abbaye grades A+ for cost of living.
About Lonlay-l'Abbaye
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Lonlay-l'Abbaye is a commune of 1,123 people in the Communauté de communes Domfront Tinchebray Interco. 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
1,123 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Domfront Tinchebray Interco
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.
