Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 5,523 people, lies in Ardennes, Grand Est.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Where it falls short is jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 17.4% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is within reach (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at B−, #3 of 12 in Ardennes. Nationally, it does better than 49% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Nouzonville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nouzonville 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Nouzonville 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, 3.1 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Nouzonville. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Rimbaud5 km south, in Charleville-MézièresMuseumMuseumLa Maison des Ailleurs5 km south, in Charleville-MézièresMuseumMuseumMusée de la métallurgie ardennaise4.9 km north, in Bogny-sur-MeuseFortFortPorte Jolly4.7 km south, in Charleville-MézièresAttractionAttractionHorloge Fleurie4.7 km south, in Charleville-MézièresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nouzonville.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,170/m², about level with Ardennes’ towns (€1,185/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.11/m² a month. Houses made up 85% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,262/m² | 147 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 556 deaths in Nouzonville from 2016 to 2025; there were 813, 46% more. At birth, a girl in Ardennes can expect 84.6 years and a boy 77.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises locally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #1 of 12 in Ardennes. The nearest general lycée is 3.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RogissartNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 42 | 88%+2 pts |
| Collège Rouget-de-LisleBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 61 | 87%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €21,220 a year per consumption unit, close to Ardennes’ towns (€21,390) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 17.4%. Bus, tram or train carried 4.0% of working residents in Nouzonville to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Nouzonville, the most frequent was family violence (2025). For 2025, the figures show 124 offenses in the town. Violence against people averaged 10.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 11.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
18% of adults hold a degree. At 46, the median resident of Nouzonville sits in the middle of the age range. The share of residents under 15 is 17%.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Nouzonville | Ardennes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 17% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Nouzonville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Nouzonville.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouzonville | 5,523 | — | B− | A+ | B− | D |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse | 4,889 | 2.6 | C+ | A+ | C+ | D |
| Charleville-Mézières | 45,560 | 3.8 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Villers-Semeuse | 3,615 | 5.1 | B | B+ | B | C+ |
| Vivier-au-Court | 2,732 | 6.6 | — | B | — | D |
| Vrigne aux Bois | 3,518 | 7.2 | C+ | B | B+ | D− |
| Revin | 5,716 | 9.5 | C | A+ | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #4 of 12 in Ardennes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #1 of 12 in Ardennes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nouzonville grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Nouzonville is a commune of 5,523 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
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 November 4, 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.