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A town of 1,055 in Ardennes, Grand Est.

Is Tournes a good place to live?

Tournes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 2 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Tournes stand out

The one thing Tournes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Tournes grades

Each subject compares Tournes 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 grading works

HealthDOpen →Jobs & income2 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemploymentAOpen →Cost of livingA year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunalityA−Open →Walkability62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workB−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

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Église · Classé · Photo: NEUVENS Francis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tournes’ story

Tournes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Tournes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1923.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tournes.

HealthHealth D

More deaths than Tournes’ ages would predict, 115 per 100 expected, above Ardennes’ towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Tournes sits above both Ardennes’ towns (107) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 86 residents of Tournes died, against 75 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

+15%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw115
Adjusted115
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Tournes · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Charleville Mezieres Hopital de Manchester
3.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Charleville Mezieres Hopital de Manchester
84.6 · 77.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardennes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

HousingCost of living A−

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Tournes is €9.07/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.

€9.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Tournes€9.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardennes median€8.19/m²
€9.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.45 to €11.04/m² a month)
€8.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Ardenne Métropole

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

History

1 historic monument, 1 classé

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Tournes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
15th c.
oldest protected part
1923
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in Tournes are 15 to 24: 8.4%, fewer than in Ardennes’ towns and compared French towns

That puts Tournes below both Ardennes’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 22% of residents.

46.3median age
TournesArdennes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Tournes
TournesArdennes medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–248.4%10%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+22%25%22%
No diploma16%30%19%
CAP or BEP27%28%26%
Baccalauréat20%16%18%
Higher education31%17%30%

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

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Incomes in Tournes run higher than in Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: a median €28,370 a year per consumption unit

On this, Tournes is above both Ardennes’ towns (€21,390) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 9.9%. Tournes has 900 jobs for 450 working residents, 2 per worker.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
900
jobs based in Tournes, 2 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns

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

Safety

Tournes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 7 offenses in the graded categories in Tournes in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 78.6% of the index here.

3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage7
Sexual violence0
Armed robbery0

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.

3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
78.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Tournes

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Landmarks

Tournes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Tournes

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Tournes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Tournes’ 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-CourtRevinCharleville-MézièresNouzonvilleVillers-SemeuseBogny-sur-MeuseVivier-au-CourtRevinTournes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Tournes1,055——A−—D
Charleville-Mézières45,5604.2DB+DD
Nouzonville5,5235.2B−A+B−D
Villers-Semeuse3,6156.1BB+BC+
Bogny-sur-Meuse4,8896.7C+A+C+D
Vivier-au-Court2,7329.4—B—D
Revin5,7169.7CA+C+C

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

Questions about Tournes

Is Tournes safe?

Tournes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Tournes

Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est

Tournes is a commune of 1,055 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
1,055 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Ardenne Métropole
Département
Ardennes (08)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code
08457

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.