Rânes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 9.5% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 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.
Each subject compares Rânes 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 Rânes.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Rânes 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.
Rânes sits below both Orne’s towns (€8.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,179/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Rânes from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,179/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rânes€1,179/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,179/m²
41
€7.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.47 to €9.43/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,000
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Terres d'Argentan Interco
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 30% of residents are 65 or over
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 30% are 65 or over, against 9.4% and 31% in the median compared commune of Orne. 18% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Orne 19%, France 30%).
49.8median age
RânesOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Rânes sees fewer deaths than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 82 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Rânes below 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 C to A.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Rânes · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier les Andaines
11.3 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Rânes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Rânes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Rânes in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage, 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, 65.1% of the index here.
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
65.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rânes
Is Rânes safe?
Rânes 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 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Rânes expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,179/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rânes grades A+ for cost of living.
About Rânes
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Rânes is a commune of 1,036 people in the Communauté de communes Terres d'Argentan Interco. 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.
