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234 people live in this town in Ardennes, Grand Est.

Is Tournavaux a good place to live?

There are no grades for Tournavaux: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 17% of its housing. Over-65s are only just over a tenth of the population.

What makes Tournavaux stand out

The 2 things Tournavaux does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Tournavaux’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Tournavaux’s story

No historic monuments in Tournavaux

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Rémi de Laval-Dieu, in Monthermé, 2 mi away.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tournavaux.

Who lives here

Tournavaux has fewer older residents than Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: 12% are 65 or over

Children under 15 make up 21%, higher than both Ardennes’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. Tournavaux has a median age of 42 years.

42median age
TournavauxArdennes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Tournavaux
TournavauxArdennes medianFrance median
Under 1521%16%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+12%25%22%
No diploma22%30%19%
CAP or BEP26%28%26%
Baccalauréat24%16%18%
Higher education22%17%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Tournavaux, 7.3%, runs below Ardennes’ towns and compared French towns

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,270 a year per consumption unit. 7.8% of Tournavaux’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Tournavaux, 0.1 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

80.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

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

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.1 mi away. The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away.

80.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Tournavaux80.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège les Deux ValléesNearest collègeCollègeCollège4980%−1 pt
80.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt 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 of an apartment in Tournavaux is €8.01/m² a month

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

Sales in Tournavaux from July 2023 to June 2026: 7 houses and apartments.

€8.01/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Tournavaux€8.01/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardennes median€8.19/m²
€8.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.52 to €9.84/m² a month)
€7.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Musée de la métallurgie ardennaise and 3 more in and around Tournavaux

Museums and other places to visit in and near Tournavaux. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Tournavaux

13pages on Tournavaux

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Tournavaux

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

How we find them →

Tournavaux’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 →
Bogny-sur-MeuseNouzonvilleRevinCharleville-MézièresFumayVillers-SemeuseBogny-sur-MeuseNouzonvilleRevinCharleville-MézièresFumayVillers-SemeuseTournavaux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Tournavaux234—————
Bogny-sur-Meuse4,8891.8C+A+C+D
Nouzonville5,5234.2B−A+B−D
Revin5,7167.9CA+C+C
Charleville-Mézières45,5608.1DB+DD
Fumay3,0869C+A+C−D
Villers-Semeuse3,6159.2BB+BC+

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

About Tournavaux

Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est

Tournavaux is a commune of 234 people in the Communauté de communes Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne. 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
234 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne
Département
Ardennes (08)
Région
Grand Est
Area
0.6 sq mi (1.7 km²)
INSEE code
08456

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.