A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns, at 2%
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Rânes comes in at 8.5%. At 6%, the share of flats is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,036 residents in 500 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Rânes, 18% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Orne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Rânes
Empty homes
The census found 72 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rânes changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 81% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −1%.
Rânes is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rânes 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Rânes, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 30% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
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.
A smaller share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns: 33%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Rânes has more single-parent households than 65% of compared French towns, at 11%. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
11% of homes stand empty, more than in 86% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
With households without a car at 7.8%, Rânes is behind just over two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 12% of households rent social housing (HLM).
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,690 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
At €23,690 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
46% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (16%), Rânes is above 63% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.2% in Rânes, less than in 90% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. For Rânes, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
45% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 90% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Adults with no qualification: 24%, above 74% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 1,036 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Rânes: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rânes | 49.8 | 30% | 8.5% | 2.2% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 7.8 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 11.1 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 11.4 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 13.6 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 16.3 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 17 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Rânes
What is the population of Rânes?
1,036 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,067).
How old are Rânes’ residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rânes?
53, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rânes?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rânes?
€23,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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