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A town of 180 in Orne, Normandy.

Is Orgères a good place to live?

Orgères is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Orgères stand out

The one thing Orgères does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Orgères’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Orgères’ story

No historic monuments in Orgères

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

The nearest classé monument is Trois menhirs dits les croûtes, in Échauffour, 3.7 mi away.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orgères.

Who lives here

Few people in Orgères are 15 to 24: 7.9%, fewer than in Orne’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Orgères below both Orne’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 18% of the town.

50.7median age
OrgèresOrne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Orgères
OrgèresOrne medianFrance median
Under 1518%14%17%
15–247.9%9.4%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+26%31%22%
No diploma19%30%19%
CAP or BEP37%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%15%18%
Higher education20%19%30%

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

Work & commute

Orgères has lower unemployment than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8%

On this, Orgères is below both Orne’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Orgères has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.6 per worker. At the census, 6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Orgères, 0.6 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
17%
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 Orgères is €9.04/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€9.04/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Orgères€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)
€6.34/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 Orgères

12pages on Orgères

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Orgères

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Orgères as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Orgères’ 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 →
La Ferté-en-OucheGouffern en AugeL'AigleSéesVimoutiersArgentanLa Ferté-en-OucheGouffern en AugeL'AigleSéesVimoutiersArgentanOrgères
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Orgères180—————
La Ferté-en-Ouche2,9389.5B−AA−D
Gouffern en Auge3,63611AA−A−A−
L'Aigle7,66313C−B+DC+
Sées4,16813B+AC−A−
Vimoutiers2,97814CAC−C
Argentan13,52717BA−DB

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

About Orgères

Commune in Orne, Normandy

Orgères is a commune of 180 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
180 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Département
Orne (61)
Région
Normandy
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
61317

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.