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2,650 people call this town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est home.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Where it falls short is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 13.7% unemployment. Auboué’s overall C puts it #43 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. On that grade it does better than 35% of compared French towns. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is another plus: an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Auboué does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Auboué 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Auboué as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Georges, in Roncourt, 3 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auboué.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Auboué records 101 deaths per 100 expected, above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 304 residents of Auboué died, against 278 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Life expectancy at birth in Meurthe-et-Moselle is 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Auboué can choose among 2 GPs.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #47 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle on results. The closest collège is 1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Amilcar ZannoniNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 77%−4 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.
Apartments in Auboué sell for €953/m², houses for €1,568/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.52/m² a month, lower than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€11.08/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 57% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,568/m² | 55 |
| Apartments | €953/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Auboué’s tally for 2025: 45 recorded offenses. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · Small counts of sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 10.4% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.5%, lower than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 19% of the people here. At 40.8, the median resident of Auboué sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Auboué | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate here is 13.7%. 5.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Auboué is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Auboué.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auboué | 2,650 | — | C | A− | B+ | C− |
| Homécourt | 6,254 | 0.9 | C− | A− | C+ | C− |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 4,519 | 1.8 | C+ | C | B | D |
| Jœuf | 6,392 | 1.9 | C | A | C− | B− |
| Montois-la-Montagne Moselle | 2,711 | 2.1 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Val de Briey | 8,130 | 3.8 | C+ | C+ | C− | B− |
| Moyeuvre-Grande Moselle | 7,311 | 4.1 | C− | B+ | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #16 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #47 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Auboué grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Auboué is a commune of 2,650 people in the Communauté de communes Orne Lorraine Confluences. 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 9, 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.