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1,559 people live in this town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Where it does best is schools: brevet results 0.9 points above the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on cost of living as well (C) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (C): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Crusnes 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 Crusnes 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.
Crusnes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Crusnes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Crusnes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
Crusnes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crusnes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Crusnes come to 105 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 126 residents of Crusnes died, against 120 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. The nearest emergency department to Crusnes is Centre hospitalier de Mont St Martin Groupe Sos Sante, 9.9 mi away. In Meurthe-et-Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,429/m², comes from 63 sales of houses and apartments in Crusnes from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 92% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,461/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.3%, lower than Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (10.9%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
A collège lies 1.1 mi away. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 7.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Lionel TerrayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 61 | 92%+4 pts |
| Collège Théodore MonodBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 143 | 90%+4 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.
Among the classé monuments in Crusnes is Église Sainte-Barbe. The protected list starts in the 20th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 10% of the total, higher than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. Residents of Crusnes have a median age of 43.8.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Crusnes | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Crusnes. Best known first.
MuseumÉcomusée des mines de fer de Lorraine1.9 km southeast, in AumetzFortFortAumetz - B23.2 km southeast, in AumetzFortFortAumetz - B33.3 km southeast, in AumetzPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
2 notable people were born in Crusnes.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Crusnes is a commune of 1,559 people in the Communauté de communes Coeur du Pays Haut. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crusnes | 1,559 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Villerupt | 10,102 | 2.3 | C | C+ | C | C |
| Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 7,356 | 3.1 | C | D | C | B− |
| Ottange Moselle | 2,960 | 4 | B− | C− | A+ | C− |
| Hussigny-Godbrange | 3,912 | 5.1 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Fontoy Moselle | 3,184 | 6.3 | C+ | C+ | A+ | D |
| Algrange Moselle | 5,802 | 7.4 | D | C | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Crusnes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 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 64% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,429/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Crusnes grades C 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.