Perche en Nocé’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car: 32% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for 29% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Perche en Nocé 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 Perche en Nocé 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 Perche en Nocé.
HealthHealth C−
Perche en Nocé’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 84% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Perche en Nocé come to 103 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 166 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 172, 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Perche en Nocé is Ch Nogent le Rotrou Nouvel Hopital, 7.7 mi away. At birth, a girl in Orne can expect 84.6 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Perche en Nocé · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Nogent le Rotrou Nouvel Hopital
27.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Aigle
84.6 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Orne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer commuters in Perche en Nocé walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.5%
Perche en Nocé has 400 jobs for 900 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The unemployment rate comes to 8.6%. The median disposable income was €25,260 a year per consumption unit, higher than Orne’s towns (€23,600) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot4%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Perche en Nocé, 0.5 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Perche en Nocé is rich in protected monuments: 51 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Orne’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
42% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Orne’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Since 2009, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Perche en Nocé: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 7 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Ancienne église de Courthioust.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Perche en Nocé are 15 to 24: 8.9%, fewer than in both Orne’s towns and compared French towns
28% of adults hold a degree, above Orne’s towns (19%) but below compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older. Under 15: 17% of residents.
47.8median age
Perche en NocéOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education28%
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
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Perche en Nocé costs an estimated advertised €11.82/m² a month, against €8.77/m² in Orne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,492/m², comes from 88 sales of houses and apartments in Perche en Nocé from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 99% were houses.
€1,492/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Perche en Nocé€1,492/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,492/m²
87
€11.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.58 to €14.59/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,650
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur du Perche
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Perche en Nocé
Is Perche en Nocé safe?
Perche en Nocé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Perche en Nocé expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,492/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Perche en Nocé grades B for cost of living.
About Perche en Nocé
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Perche en Nocé is a commune of 1,956 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur du Perche. 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.
