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It is a town of 1,512 residents in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are a strength too: brevet results at the expected rate. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment.
Figures: 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) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Belleville 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 Belleville 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.
Belleville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Belleville does most differently from other towns.
Belleville has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 2004.
Émile Pierre Metzmacher, born in 1842, is the one person born in Belleville before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Belleville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Aimelaime · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Belleville.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Belleville is Centre hospitalier de Pont A Mousson, 6.6 mi away. 121 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 111: 9% above. Women in Meurthe-et-Moselle live to 84.7 on average and men to 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,778/m², near Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€1,859/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Belleville: 45 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,778/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% are under 15, in line with Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Belleville has a median age of 40.8. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Belleville | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.5 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joliot CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 90%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. 5.9% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
10.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 8.3%, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Belleville. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Belleville.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Belleville is a commune of 1,512 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Pont-à-Mousson. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville | 1,512 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Dieulouard | 4,581 | 2.2 | A | A− | A | B− |
| Custines | 3,089 | 2.7 | A− | B | A | C |
| Pompey | 4,780 | 3.5 | B− | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Liverdun | 5,580 | 4.2 | A− | B+ | A+ | B |
| Frouard | 6,444 | 4.4 | C− | A− | C | C− |
| Bouxières-aux-Dames | 4,106 | 5.1 | B− | B | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Belleville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 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 66% 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 Belleville grades B+ for cost of living.
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.