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It is a town of 1,042 residents in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Blâmont’s strongest subject is cost of living (A+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is its weak spot (D−) — an average of 21.5 recorded violent incidents and 21.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median home sells for €1,004/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Blâmont 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 2 things Blâmont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Blâmont 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.
Blâmont has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Blâmont has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blâmont.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes de Vezouze en Piémont. Houses were 97% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 30 homes in Blâmont.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
600 jobs are based in Blâmont, for 350 working residents (1.8 per worker). Unemployment runs at 17.0%. 24.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Meurthe-et-Moselle, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Blâmont come to 103 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 208 residents of Blâmont died, against 115 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 81% more. The nearest emergency department to Blâmont is Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas, 13.6 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Blâmont has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The share of residents under 15 is 20%. Blâmont has a median age of 42.5 years. 23% of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Blâmont | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 12% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Blâmont. Best known first.
Blâmont has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Blamont: Photo: Martin Zeiller · Public domain
Wikidata places 11 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Blâmont as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blâmont | 1,042 | — | — | A+ | D− | C− |
| Baccarat | 4,089 | 11 | B− | A | B | C |
| Raon-l'Étape Vosges | 5,886 | 13 | C− | A | C+ | D− |
| Sarrebourg Moselle | 12,170 | 14 | B− | B | C+ | D |
| Moyenmoutier Vosges | 3,134 | 15 | A | A | A | A |
| Lunéville | 18,262 | 16 | C | A− | D | C− |
| Dieuze Moselle | 2,770 | 16 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Blâmont grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Blâmont is a commune of 1,042 people in the Communauté de communes de Vezouze en Piémont. 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.