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Home to 4,474 people, this town lies in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est. 15- to 24-year-olds are 14% of the population.
Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. Where it does best is cost of living (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes are strong (B+): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment. What counts against it is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, better than 77% of compared French towns. That places it #16 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Écrouves does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Écrouves 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Écrouves has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
Georges Guérin, born in 1891, is the one person born in Écrouves before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Écrouves. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'art et d'histoire de Toul2.4 km east, in ToulCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toul2.6 km east, in ToulMuseumMuseumChemin de fer du Val de Passey4.9 km southwest, in Choloy-MénillotAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Èvre de Toul2 km southeast, in ToulFortFortFort du Saint-Michel2.1 km northeast, in ToulPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Écrouves.
19% are under 15, above both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 15% of the population. The median resident of Écrouves is 36.7 years old.
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Écrouves | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €1,840/m² in Écrouves, apartments for €1,407/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.89/m² a month, about level with Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€11.08/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales here from July 2023 to June 2026: 113 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,840/m² | 80 |
| Apartments | €1,407/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,720 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 5.8% of working residents in Écrouves to work at the census. Also worth knowing: at the census, 8.8% of working residents in Écrouves didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Écrouves records 94 deaths per 100 expected, close to Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (91) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 242 residents of Écrouves died, against 257 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Meurthe-et-Moselle is 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
For 2025, the figures show 89 offenses in Écrouves. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 9.2 violent offenses and 9.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (8.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Écrouves counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Écrouves is 95.0%, close to Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away. On school results, the town ranks #38 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Amiral de RignyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 87%−2 pts |
| Lycée Louis MajorelleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 292 | 96%−1 pt |
| Lycée des métiers du TouloisBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 91 | 92%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Écrouves has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Écrouves.
Georges Guérin: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écrouves | 4,474 | — | A− | B+ | B | C |
| Toul | 15,768 | 1.4 | C+ | A | C− | C |
| Foug | 2,628 | 3.1 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Gondreville | 2,635 | 5 | — | B | — | B |
| Liverdun | 5,580 | 11 | A− | B+ | A+ | B |
| Chaligny | 2,729 | 11 | A | A− | A | B− |
| Neuves-Maisons | 6,524 | 12 | A− | A− | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #22 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns and #38 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. 96% of 292 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louis Majorelle in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Écrouves grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Écrouves is a commune of 4,474 people in the Communauté de communes Terres Touloises. 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 8, 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.
