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CervilleMeurthe-et-Moselle

A town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, home to 531 people.

Is Cerville a good place to live?

There are no grades for Cerville: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

Cerville’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cerville’s story

No historic monuments in Cerville

The Culture ministry lists no building in Cerville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Saulxures, in Saulxures-lès-Nancy, 2.7 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cerville.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Cerville than in Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15

Degrees are held by 31% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (27%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents. Cerville has a median age of 48.9 years.

48.9median age
CervilleMeurthe-et-Moselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cerville
CervilleMeurthe-et-Moselle medianFrance median
Under 1515%17%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4419%24%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+22%22%22%
No diploma12%21%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education31%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Cerville are out of work than in Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.7%

The median disposable income was €30,120 a year per consumption unit, above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€25,715) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. For its 250 residents in work, Cerville has 100 jobs: 0.5 each. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.0% of commuters at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Cerville, 0.5 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

94.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 2.4 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 4.3 mi away.

94.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Cerville94.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Edmond de GoncourtNearest collègeCollègeCollège11994%+3 pts
94.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Cerville costs more than in Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.73/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Houses were 92% of what sold. A house rents for an estimated €10.17/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 12 homes were sold in Cerville.

€13.73/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cerville€13.73/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Meurthe-et-Moselle median€11.08/m²
€13.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.83 to €17.41/m² a month)
€10.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Saulxures and 2 more in and around Cerville

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Cerville. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cerville

13pages on Cerville

Landmarks

Nothing in Cerville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Cerville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cerville yet.

How we find them →

Cerville’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Meurthe-et-Moselle →
SeichampsPulnoySaulxures-lès-NancyVarangévilleEssey-lès-NancyTomblaineSeichampsPulnoySaulxures-lès-NancyVarangévilleEssey-lès-NancyTomblaineCerville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cerville531—————
Seichamps5,1652.6A+BAA−
Pulnoy5,0992.6A−C−A−B
Saulxures-lès-Nancy4,3443.3A−CAA−
Varangéville3,5364B+A−BB−
Essey-lès-Nancy8,6704.1C+C+CC−
Tomblaine9,1174.3C+C−CA−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Cerville

Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est

Cerville is a commune of 531 people in the Communauté de communes de Seille et Grand Couronné. 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

Population
531 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Seille et Grand Couronné
Département
Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code
54110

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.