Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 1.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on jobs & income as well: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Val-de-Meuse 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.
Each subject compares Val-de-Meuse 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val-de-Meuse.
HousingCost of living A+
A home in Val-de-Meuse sells for €664/m², less than in Haute-Marne’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €7.87/m² a month, below Haute-Marne’s towns (€8.74/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. 52 houses and apartments changed hands in Val-de-Meuse from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €6.79/m² a month.
€664/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val-de-Meuse€664/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Marne median€1,048/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€664/m²
50
€7.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.11 to €10.15/m² a month)
1.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,790
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Langres
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Val-de-Meuse run higher than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Val-de-Meuse has 2 family doctors. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, between Haute-Marne’s towns (101) and compared French towns (88). 317 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 243: 30% above. The nearest emergency department to Val-de-Meuse is Centre hospitalier de Langres, 12.3 mi away.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Val-de-Meuse · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Langres
18.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Chaumont
84.1 · 77.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Val-de-Meuse are 15 to 24: 8.1%, fewer than in Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up 16% of adults. 26% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Haute-Marne’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Val-de-Meuse by age and the one in the middle is 49.4.
49.4median age
Val-de-MeuseHaute-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Val-de-Meuse is rich in protected monuments: 28 per 10,000 residents, more than Haute-Marne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when just over a fifth of homes were built. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. 5 of the 5 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Val-de-Meuse, 7.8%, runs below Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
At the census, 10.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Marne’s towns (22.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €24,420 a year per consumption unit.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot9%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,200
jobs based in Val-de-Meuse, 1.6 per working resident
7.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Val-de-Meuse has more crime per resident than 52% of compared French towns
Over 2025, Val-de-Meuse logged 44 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.9. Jobs outnumber working residents in Val-de-Meuse (1,200 to 750): it draws people in from around. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
7.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Family violence12
Other physical violence9
Theft from vehicles9
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
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.
7.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
44
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.1%
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 · When sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (9.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val-de-Meuse
Is Val-de-Meuse expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Val-de-Meuse grades A+ for cost of living.
About Val-de-Meuse
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Val-de-Meuse is a commune of 1,801 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Langres. 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
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.
