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A town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, home to 64 people.
Bures is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. It skews young: 15% of residents are 15 to 24.
The one thing Bures does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bures as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (restes), in Vic-sur-Seille, 6.3 mi away.
0% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Bures is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bures.
Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents. The middle age in Bures is 46.7. 26% of adults hold a degree, close to Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (27%) and below compared French towns (30%).
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Bures | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 37% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 34% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 11.8%, above both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 50 residents in work, Bures has 50 jobs: 1.3 each. 13.3% of Bures’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.65/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bures yet.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Bures is a commune of 64 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays du Sanon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bures | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lunéville | 18,262 | 8 | C | A− | D | C− |
| Dieuze Moselle | 2,770 | 10 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Dombasle-sur-Meurthe | 9,424 | 11 | B+ | B+ | C+ | B |
| Blainville-sur-l'Eau | 3,893 | 12 | B | A− | C | D |
| Varangéville | 3,536 | 12 | B+ | A− | B | B− |
| Damelevières | 3,080 | 13 | A+ | B+ | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.