Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime is low: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. What holds it back is jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, ranking #8 of 19 in Orne. It comes out better than 78% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Tourouvre au Perche 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.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Tourouvre au Perche: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 17 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 93% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1875.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Tourouvre au Perche: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Manoir de Bellegarde: Photo: Unozoe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Unozoe · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tourouvre au Perche.
History
Tourouvre au Perche keeps more of its old housing than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For its size, Tourouvre au Perche has 17 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Notre-Dame. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in the town: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Protection here reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Tourouvre au Perche sell for a median €1,331/m²
€1,331/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.63/m² a month, about level with Orne’s towns (€8.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €6.84/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 99% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tourouvre au Perche€1,331/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,331/m²
133
€8.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.65 to €11.18/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.84/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Hauts du Perche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Tourouvre au Perche records less crime per resident than 86% of compared French towns
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
For 2025, the figures show 33 offenses in Tourouvre au Perche. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Tourouvre au Perche (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary12
Criminal damage12
Family violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
Theft without violence8
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
33
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.3%
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 · For 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, 12.3% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Fewer people in Tourouvre au Perche hold a degree than in Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 18%
52.2median age
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, near Orne’s towns (31%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 14% of residents. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.4%.
Tourouvre au PercheOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Tourouvre au Perche than in Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6%
8%walk, cycle or take transit
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,160 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 8.2% of working residents in Tourouvre au Perche didn’t travel to work at all. Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
750
jobs based in Tourouvre au Perche, 0.7 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Tourouvre au Perche sees 93 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Orne’s towns and compared French towns
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 460 residents of Tourouvre au Perche died, against 433 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. The nearest emergency department to Tourouvre au Perche is Centre hospitalier Marguerite de Lorraine Mortagne, 7.1 mi away. The town has one family doctor. Life expectancy at birth in Orne is 84.6 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Tourouvre au Perche · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Marguerite de Lorraine Mortagne
11.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Aigle
84.6 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Orne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Tourouvre au Perche is a commune of 2,955 people in the Communauté de communes des Hauts du Perche. 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
2,955 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Hauts du Perche
Département
Orne (61)
Région
Normandy
Area
36.4 sq mi (94.4 km²)
INSEE code
61491
Tourouvre au Perche’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
