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1,037 residents make their home in this town in Ardennes, Grand Est.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.8% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,492/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fromelennes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Fromelennes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fromelennes 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.
Fromelennes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fromelennes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Walcourt, in Givet, 2.7 mi away.
23% 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 Fromelennes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Ardennes is 84.6 years for women and 77.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 78 deaths in Fromelennes from 2016 to 2025; there were 49, 38% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Fromelennes is Antenne de Smur Ch Charleville, 11.2 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.51/m² a month, close to Ardennes’ towns (€8.19/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 39 homes were sold in Fromelennes. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.09/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,492/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below Ardennes’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up 23% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Fromelennes | Ardennes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 17% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 11.8%. At the census, 10.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Ardennes’ towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VaubanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 84 | 95%+9 pts |
| Lycée VaubanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 62 | 85%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Fromelennes. Best known first.
Nothing in Fromelennes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fromelennes yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fromelennes | 1,037 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Givet | 6,364 | 1.6 | A | A | B | A+ |
| Fumay | 3,086 | 12 | C+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Revin | 5,716 | 16 | C | A+ | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fromelennes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fromelennes grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Fromelennes is a commune of 1,037 people in the Communauté de communes Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. 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.