Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 596 residents, it is a town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Chenières falls below the line for grades.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chenières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de route, in Morfontaine, 2.7 mi away.
0.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chenières 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 Chenières.
Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. A fifth of residents are 65 or over. Ages in Chenières split evenly at 48.3: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chenières | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 36% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Chenières has 100 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Unemployment stood at 4.8%, lower than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 4.0% of Chenières’ 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Chenières, 99.0% passed the bac, above both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre BrossoletteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 98 | 87%−1 pt |
| Lycée des Récollets PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 86 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €12.85/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 19 homes were sold in Chenières. Houses accounted for 95% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Chenières as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Chenières is a commune of 596 people in the Agglomération du Grand Longwy. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenières | 596 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Réhon | 3,863 | 1.6 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Lexy | 3,904 | 2.5 | C+ | D | C+ | C− |
| Haucourt-Moulaine | 3,495 | 2.9 | B | C | A | B+ |
| Herserange | 4,170 | 3.3 | C | C+ | B− | C |
| Longwy | 15,679 | 3.4 | C | C+ | D | B |
| Cosnes-et-Romain | 2,802 | 3.9 | A− | C− | A− | B+ |
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 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.