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A town of 1,430 in Orne, Normandy.
Rai has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 13% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% 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 4 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.
The 2 things Rai does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rai 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rai as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne forge, in Aube, 1.2 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rai.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 47 sales of houses and apartments in Rai from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,331/m² for the median of compared towns in Orne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,368/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Rai below both Orne’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Rai has 450 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Rai is below both Orne’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%). 29% of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Rai | Orne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 31% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 15% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Rai comes above 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 D to B+.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Rai, that is below both Orne’s towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Foch PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 81%−10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent NapoléonNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 182 | 98%+2 pts |
| Collège MolièreBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 81 | 81%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 18 offenses in the graded categories in Rai in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 44.0% of the index here.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Rai. Best known first.
Nothing in Rai is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rai yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rai | 1,430 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| L'Aigle | 7,663 | 2.4 | C− | B+ | D | C+ |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche | 2,938 | 7.6 | B− | A | A− | D |
| Tourouvre au Perche | 2,955 | 11 | A− | A | A | C+ |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton Eure | 7,193 | 16 | C− | B | C− | D |
| Breteuil Eure | 4,282 | 16 | C− | A− | B− | C− |
| Mortagne-au-Perche | 3,898 | 16 | B | A | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rai has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 182 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Napoléon in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rai grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Rai is a commune of 1,430 people in the Communauté de communes des Pays de L'Aigle. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.