Valframbert has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,554/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine d'Alençon. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Valframbert 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.
Musée des beaux-arts et de la dentelle: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valframbert.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Valframbert has lower unemployment than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9%
That puts Valframbert below both Orne’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €27,030 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
900
jobs based in Valframbert, 1.4 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 12% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Valframbert gets an A for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.45/m² a month, close to Orne’s towns (€8.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,554/m², comes from 36 sales of houses and apartments in Valframbert from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,554/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Valframbert€1,554/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,543/m²
35
€8.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.55 to €10.91/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine d'Alençon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Valframbert’s ages would predict, 79 per 100 expected, under Orne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Valframbert is below both Orne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Valframbert · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers
2.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers
84.6 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Orne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
9.1% of residents are 15 to 24 and 25% are 65 or over, against 9.4% and 31% in the median compared commune of Orne. 24% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Orne 19%, France 30%).
47.9median age
ValframbertOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%
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
Valframbert has less crime per resident than 60% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 17 offenses in the graded categories in Valframbert in 2025. For family violence, 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, 20.7% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. With 900 jobs for 650 working residents, Valframbert draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
4.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
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.
4.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Valframbert
Is Valframbert safe?
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Valframbert good?
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. 97% of 237 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Alain in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Valframbert expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,554/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Valframbert grades A for cost of living.
About Valframbert
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Valframbert is a commune of 1,678 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
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.
