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A town of 1,165 in Orne, Normandy.
Trun has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. At the median price of €1,188/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Terres d'Argentan Interco. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 10 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Trun does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Trun 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Trun as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit Pierre-Levée, in Fontaine-les-Bassets, 1.8 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trun.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Trun sits above both Orne’s towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 54 | 94%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,188/m², close to Orne’s towns (€1,331/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,188/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Trun above both Orne’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (22%). 12% of residents are children under 15.
56% women, 44% men
About 80 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.
| Trun | Orne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 31% | 22% |
| No diploma | 37% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
12.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to both Orne’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €22,940 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Trun is above both Orne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 422 residents of Trun died, against 322 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Trun. Best known first.
Nothing in Trun is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Trun.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trun | 1,165 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Gouffern en Auge | 3,636 | 5.5 | A | A− | A− | A− |
| Argentan | 13,527 | 7.4 | B | A− | D | B |
| Vimoutiers | 2,978 | 9.6 | C | A | C− | C |
| Falaise Calvados | 7,680 | 11 | C− | B | D | D |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge Calvados | 7,100 | 12 | C | A− | C+ | C+ |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge Calvados | 6,207 | 14 | C | B | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Trun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Trun grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Trun is a commune of 1,165 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
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 October 30, 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.