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DamouzyArdennes

A town of 423 in Ardennes, Grand Est.

Is Damouzy a good place to live?

Damouzy is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Damouzy’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Damouzy’s story

No historic monuments in Damouzy

The Culture ministry lists no building in Damouzy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Vieux moulin, actuellement musées Rimbaud et de l'Ardenne, in Charleville-Mézières, 2.5 mi away.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Nearby attractions

Place Ducale and 14 more in and around Damouzy

Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Damouzy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Damouzy.

Who lives here

Damouzy has fewer young adults than Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: 5.2% are 15 to 24

For Damouzy, that is below both Ardennes’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 26% of the town.

51.6median age
DamouzyArdennes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education35%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Damouzy
DamouzyArdennes medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–245.2%10%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+26%25%22%
No diploma14%30%19%
CAP or BEP30%28%26%
Baccalauréat14%16%18%
Higher education35%17%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Damouzy, 4.4%, runs below Ardennes’ towns and compared French towns

Damouzy sits below both Ardennes’ towns (18.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Damouzy has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,830 a year per consumption unit.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
On foot0%
50
jobs based in Damouzy, 0.2 per working resident
4.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

88.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, 2.7 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

94.1% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Damouzy, above Ardennes’ towns (88.6%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).

94%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Damouzy88.6%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Damouzy94.1%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Rouget-de-LisleNearest collègeCollègeCollège6187%+5 pts
Lycée polyvalent François BazinNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée15490%−5 pts
Lycée polyvalent Saint-Paul PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycéeVocational lycée5598%+6 pts

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94%
passed the general and technological bac, −2.1 pts against the expected rate
98%
passed the vocational bac, +6 pts against the expected rate
88.6%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2.7 pts against the expected rate
1.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent in Damouzy is €9.13/m² a month, against €8.19/m² in Ardennes’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€9.13/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Damouzy€9.13/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardennes median€8.19/m²
€9.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.10 to €11.74/m² a month)
€8.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Damouzy

13pages on Damouzy

Landmarks

Nothing in Damouzy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Damouzy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Damouzy yet.

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Damouzy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ardennes →
Charleville-MézièresNouzonvilleVillers-SemeuseBogny-sur-MeuseVivier-au-CourtVrigne aux BoisCharleville-MézièresNouzonvilleVillers-SemeuseBogny-sur-MeuseVivier-au-CourtVrigne aux BoisDamouzy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Damouzy423—————
Charleville-Mézières45,5602.9DB+DD
Nouzonville5,5233.4B−A+B−D
Villers-Semeuse3,6154.8BB+BC+
Bogny-sur-Meuse4,8895.3C+A+C+D
Vivier-au-Court2,7327.9—B—D
Vrigne aux Bois3,5188.9C+BB+D−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Damouzy

Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est

Damouzy is a commune of 423 people in the Ardenne Métropole. 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
423 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Ardenne Métropole
Département
Ardennes (08)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3.4 sq mi (8.9 km²)
INSEE code
08137

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.