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1,313 residents make their home in this town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Households here earn well: 4.8 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,219/m² takes 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Orne Lorraine Confluences. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 34% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Batilly 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 Batilly does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Batilly 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.
Batilly 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 Batilly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ossuaire (ancien), in Hatrize, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Batilly.
6.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.6% of commuters at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €29,560 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town. Under 15: 18% of residents. The age that splits Batilly in two is 42.8.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Batilly | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.82/m² a month. Sales in Batilly from July 2023 to June 2026: 33 houses and apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €11.10/m² a month, near Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€11.08/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,219/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gabriel PiernéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 89%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
99 deaths in Batilly between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 113: 12% below. In Meurthe-et-Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Batilly is Centre hospitalier de Briey Hopital Maillot, 5.9 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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Batilly is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Batilly yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batilly | 1,313 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 4,519 | 2 | C+ | C | B | D |
| Auboué | 2,650 | 2.5 | C | A− | B+ | C− |
| Homécourt | 6,254 | 3.2 | C− | A− | C+ | C− |
| Montois-la-Montagne Moselle | 2,711 | 3.8 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Jœuf | 6,392 | 4.1 | C | A | C− | B− |
| Jarny | 8,050 | 4.2 | C | B+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Batilly has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 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 B, better than 56% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Batilly grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Batilly is a commune of 1,313 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 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.