Where it does best is cost of living (A+) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is a quarter of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment.
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 and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Bômer-les-Forges 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 Saint-Bômer-les-Forges 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A+
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 65 per 100 expected, below Orne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 69 residents of Saint-Bômer-les-Forges died, against 106 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% fewer. At birth, a girl in Orne can expect 84.6 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Bômer-les-Forges is Chic des Andaines Domfront, 4.1 mi away.
−35%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw65
Adjusted65
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Bômer-les-Forges · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chic des Andaines Domfront
8.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Jacques Monod Flers
84.6 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Orne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
On foot, Saint-Bômer-les-Forges works less well than 96% of compared French towns
At the census, 3.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Orne’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 6.8%. After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,470 a year per consumption unit.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
150
jobs based in Saint-Bômer-les-Forges, 0.3 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 5% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Saint-Bômer-les-Forges: 28% were built before 1919, more than in Orne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Ensemble mégalithique. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, higher than Orne’s towns (9.4%) and near compared French towns (11%). Children are 18% of the town. Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree.
44.8median age
Saint-Bômer-les-ForgesOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education21%
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
Safety
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
More of the graded crimes in Saint-Bômer-les-Forges were armed robbery than anything else (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 3.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.9 (2023–2025 average).
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3.6
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
100.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (100.0% of the index here).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Bômer-les-Forges
Is Saint-Bômer-les-Forges safe?
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
About Saint-Bômer-les-Forges
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges is a commune of 1,023 people in the Communauté de communes Domfront Tinchebray 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
Population
1,023 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Domfront Tinchebray Interco
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.
