Les Ormes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.1% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 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.
Each subject compares Les Ormes 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
On foot, Les Ormes works less well than 76% of compared French towns
At the census, 6.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). 11.1% of the labour force are out of work.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
300
jobs based in Les Ormes, 0.4 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 24% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Les Ormes’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 115 residents of Les Ormes died, against 143 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. 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.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Les Ormes · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
9.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Les Ormes: 18% were built before 1919, more than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Les Ormes above both Vienne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Les Ormes: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Les Ormes is Domaine du château des Ormes.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Les Ormes
Is Les Ormes safe?
Les Ormes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Les Ormes good?
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Les Ormes expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.08/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Les Ormes grades A for cost of living.
About Les Ormes
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Les Ormes is a commune of 1,613 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Châtellerault. 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.
