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3,636 residents make their home in this town in Orne, Normandy. Over-65s are 35% of the population.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.0% unemployment. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall and a rank of #10 of 19 in Orne. Set against the rest, it does better than 72% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien château, in Alençon, 1 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis. Best known first.
AttractionHôtel de ville d'Alençon1.6 km northeast, in Alençon
MuseumMusée des beaux-arts et de la dentelle1.8 km northeast, in AlençonGardenGardenArboretum Koutiala900 m northeast, in AlençonAttractionAttractionChâteau des ducs d'Alençon1.7 km northeast, in AlençonFortFortRemparts d'Alençon1.8 km northeast, in AlençonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Only one of the 20 towns in Orne costs more to buy into than Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis, whose median sale is €1,626/m². Behind the median of €1,626/m²: 103 houses and apartments sold in the town between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 99% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,626/m² | 102 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
15% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.6%, below Orne’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up 26% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis | Orne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 31% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 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.
Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis has 6 family doctors. In Orne, women can expect to live 84.6 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 362 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 456: 21% below.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
The median disposable income was €25,810 a year per consumption unit, above Orne’s towns (€23,600) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 3.7% of Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. Of those in the labour force, 10.0% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis is 91.3%, below Orne’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. School results put the town #11 of 13 in Orne. For collège, the closest is 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RacineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 77%−9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Leclerc - NavarreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 289 | 93%−3 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 77 | 97%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis show 50 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 19.8 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence and sexual violence go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 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 Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis | 3,636 | — | B+ | A | B− | A− |
| Alençon | 25,490 | 1.4 | C | A− | D− | B− |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 2,928 | 9.3 | B+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Sées | 4,168 | 14 | B+ | A | C− | A− |
| Mamers Sarthe | 4,996 | 15 | B | A | C | C |
| Villaines-la-Juhel Mayenne | 2,671 | 17 | A+ | A+ | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #11 of 19 in Orne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #11 of 13 in Orne. 93% of 289 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Leclerc - Navarre in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,626/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis is a commune of 3,636 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Alençon. 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 November 4, 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.