Mortrée has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €942/m², a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Sources de l'Orne. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mortrée 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Château d'O · Classé · Photo: Allie_Caulfield Position de l'objet 48° 38′ 52,44″ N, 0° 05′ 15″ E Voir cet endroit et d’autres images sur : OpenStreetMap 48.647900; 0.087500 · CC BY 2.0
Mortrée’s story
Mortrée in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Mortrée: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1964.
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mortrée.
HealthHealth A−
Allowing for age and care homes, Mortrée sees fewer deaths than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 77 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Mortrée, that is below both Orne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Mortrée · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Fernand Leger Argentan
8.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Fernand Leger Argentan
84.6 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Orne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Mortrée has lower unemployment than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.1%
Mortrée sits below both Orne’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Mortrée has 250 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.5 per worker.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Mortrée, 0.5 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,360
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Mortrée keeps more of its old housing than Orne or compared French towns: 37% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Mortrée above both Orne’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Mortrée: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Mortrée is Château d'O.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
9.3% of residents are 15 to 24 and 25% are 65 or over, against 9.4% and 31% in the median compared commune of Orne. 21% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Orne 19%, France 30%).
48.7median age
MortréeOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Commune de Mortrée · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château d'O: Photo: Allie_Caulfield Position de l'objet 48° 38′ 52,44″ N, 0° 05′ 15″ E Voir cet endroit et d’autres images sur : OpenStreetMap 48.647900; 0.087500 · CC BY 2.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mortrée
Is Mortrée safe?
Mortrée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Mortrée expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mortrée grades B+ for cost of living.
About Mortrée
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Mortrée is a commune of 1,115 people in the Communauté de communes des Sources de l'Orne. 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
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.
