Putanges-le-Lac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Putanges-le-Lac 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 Putanges-le-Lac.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Putanges-le-Lac than in Orne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.18/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Putanges-le-Lac sits below both Orne’s towns (€8.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,309/m², comes from 87 sales of houses and apartments in Putanges-le-Lac from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,309/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Putanges-le-Lac€1,309/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,309/m²
87
€7.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.47 to €9.43/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Val d'Orne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 29% of residents are 65 or over
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 29% are 65 or over, against 9.4% and 31% in the median compared commune of Orne. 27% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Orne 19%, France 30%).
48.9median age
Putanges-le-LacOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer commuters in Putanges-le-Lac walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.9%
That puts Putanges-le-Lac below both Orne’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Putanges-le-Lac has 950 jobs for 850 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot7%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
950
jobs based in Putanges-le-Lac, 1.1 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Putanges-le-Lac sees fewer deaths than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 84 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Putanges-le-Lac is below both Orne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 336 residents of Putanges-le-Lac died, against 300 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Putanges-le-Lac · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Falaise
11.8 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
More protected monuments for its size in Putanges-le-Lac than in Orne or compared French towns: 33 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Putanges-le-Lac comes above both Orne’s towns (14) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Putanges-le-Lac: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Putanges-le-Lac is Menhir dénommé La Droite Pierre.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Putanges-le-Lac
Is Putanges-le-Lac safe?
Putanges-le-Lac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Putanges-le-Lac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,309/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Putanges-le-Lac grades A+ for cost of living.
About Putanges-le-Lac
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Putanges-le-Lac is a commune of 2,093 people in the Communauté de communes du Val d'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.
