Vimoutiers grades C overall: better than 27% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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 Vimoutiers 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vimoutiers.
Who lives here
Vimoutiers skews older, with 43% of residents 65 or over, more than Orne’s towns or compared French towns
For Vimoutiers, that is above both Orne’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.4% of the population.
60.1median age
VimoutiersOrne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma39%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education12%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A
The median sale price of homes in Vimoutiers is €1,119/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 130 sales of houses and apartments in Vimoutiers from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,331/m² for the median of compared towns in Orne.
€1,119/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vimoutiers€1,119/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Orne median€1,331/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,212/m²
113
€8.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.43 to €12.50/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Exam results around Vimoutiers trail 86% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Vimoutiers, 83.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below both Orne’s towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #13 of 13 in Orne.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Vimoutiers runs higher than in 82% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 92 offenses in the graded categories in Vimoutiers in 2025. Violence against people ran at 16.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 14 (2023–2025 average). For 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, 2.3% of the index here.
16.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Other physical violence22
Family violence17
Sexual violence16
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
Theft without violence11
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.
16.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
92
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.3%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Vimoutiers has higher unemployment than Orne’s towns or compared French towns: 16.6%
Vimoutiers sits above both Orne’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Vimoutiers has 1,400 jobs for 900 working residents, 1.6 per worker. The median disposable income is €21,980 a year per consumption unit.
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot13%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,400
jobs based in Vimoutiers, 1.6 per working resident
16.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Vimoutiers sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Orne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Vimoutiers above both Orne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 925 residents of Vimoutiers died, against 706 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw131
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Vimoutiers · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
15.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
84.6 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Orne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Joseph Laniel: Nationaal Archief, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roland Armontel: Tisourcier, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louis Charles Tillaye: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Vimoutiers’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vimoutiers
Is Vimoutiers safe?
It grades C− for safety, #15 of 19 in Orne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vimoutiers good?
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vimoutiers expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.96/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vimoutiers grades A for cost of living.
About Vimoutiers
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Vimoutiers is a commune of 2,978 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. 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
2,978 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
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.
