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The town has 1,050 residents and lies in Ardennes, Grand Est. It skews young: 16% of residents are 15 to 24.
Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is schools (C) — bac results 2.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.5 points below the expected rate. It also trails on walkability (C−): 21% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Laurent 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 Saint-Laurent does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Laurent 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.
Saint-Laurent 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 Saint-Laurent as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Lie de Mohon, in Charleville-Mézières, 1.9 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Laurent. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Rimbaud4 km northwest, in Charleville-Mézières
MuseumMusée de l'Ardenne3.9 km west, in Charleville-Mézières
ZooParc animalier de Charleville-Mézières1 km north, in Charleville-MézièresAttractionAttractionPlace Ducale4 km west, in Charleville-MézièresFortFortFort des Ayvelles4.6 km southwest, in Villers-SemeusePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Laurent.
At the census, 7.6% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €29,480 a year per consumption unit, above both Ardennes’ towns (€21,390) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 143 candidates at 2 lycées. 85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Laurent, about level with Ardennes’ towns (83.7%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules LerouxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 60 | 77%−11 pts |
| Lycée ChanzyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 196 | 96%−2 pts |
| Collège Léo LagrangeBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 56 | 73%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 92% of sales, apartments for the rest. House rents are put at about €8.03/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 24 homes were sold in Saint-Laurent.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Ardennes can expect 84.6 years and a boy 77.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 68 residents of Saint-Laurent died, against 81 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Laurent is Ch de Charleville Mezieres Hopital de Manchester, 3.3 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Degrees are held by 35% of adults, above both Ardennes’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. Half of Saint-Laurent is older than 49.4, half younger.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Laurent | Ardennes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 17% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Laurent is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Laurent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent | 1,050 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Villers-Semeuse | 3,615 | 1.8 | B | B+ | B | C+ |
| Charleville-Mézières | 45,560 | 2.5 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Vivier-au-Court | 2,732 | 2.9 | — | B | — | D |
| Vrigne aux Bois | 3,518 | 4 | C+ | B | B+ | D− |
| Nouzonville | 5,523 | 4.1 | B− | A+ | B− | D |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse | 4,889 | 6.5 | C+ | A+ | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Laurent 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 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. 96% of 196 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Chanzy in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Saint-Laurent is a commune of 1,050 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) · 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.