Passais Villages’s strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too — 42% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for 19% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Passais Villages 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 Passais Villages 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.
Menhir du Perron: Photo: Bicaisse · Public domain · Manoir de la Guerinière: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Passais Villages.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Passais Villages than in Orne’s towns or across compared French towns: €6.56/m² a month
€1,005/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,005/m², comes from 64 sales of houses and apartments in Passais Villages from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €6.37/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Passais Villages€1,005/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,000/m²
63
€6.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.05 to €8.53/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.37/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,660
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Andaine - Passais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Passais Villages skews older, with 37% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Orne’s towns and compared French towns
58.8median age
Degrees are held by 20% of adults. Children under 15 make up 13%, below Orne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.9% of the population.
Passais VillagesOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education20%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Passais Villages, 12.9%, runs above Orne’s towns and compared French towns
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €22,570 a year per consumption unit, about level with Orne’s towns (€23,600) and below compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.8% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Passais Villages, 0.8 per working resident
12.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Passais Villages keeps more of its old housing than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 35% built before 1919
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Passais Villages: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen dit la Table au Diable. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Passais Villages run lower than in 57% of compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
290 deaths in Passais Villages between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 257: 13% above. Its care home for older people (68 places) counts its residents as Passais Villages’; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Passais Villages is Chic des Andaines Domfront, 8.1 mi away. 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Passais Villages · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chic des Andaines Domfront
15 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
84.6 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Orne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Passais Villages is a commune of 1,160 people in the Communauté de communes Andaine - Passais. 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
1,160 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Andaine - Passais
Département
Orne (61)
Région
Normandy
Area
16.6 sq mi (42.9 km²)
INSEE code
61324
Passais Villages’ 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 Passais Villages
Is Passais Villages safe?
Passais Villages has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Passais Villages expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,005/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Passais Villages 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.
