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Home to 2,628 people, this town lies in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Foug’s overall A− puts it #9 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Nationally, it does better than 80% of compared French towns. Housing is within reach (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C−): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.6% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Foug 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.
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The one thing Foug does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Foug counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Léon Denis, born in 1846, is the one person born in Foug before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Foug has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison Kayser: Photo: Utilisateur:Djampa - User:Djampa · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Foug.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,354/m², comes from 81 sales of houses and apartments in Foug from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,355/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Foug was family violence (2025). Over 2025, Foug logged 40 recorded offenses.
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 19.2% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Meurthe-et-Moselle, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Foug come to 99 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 326 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 415, 27% more.
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.
At the census, 11.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 11.6%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Foug is Maison Kayser.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Over-65s are a quarter of the population. 16% are under 15, near both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Foug has a median age of 45.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Foug | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Foug. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Foug.
Léon Denis: Fran6fran6, Public domain
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Foug is a commune of 2,628 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,354/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Foug grades A 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 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.
