Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,971 in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Recorded crime is low: an average of 6.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. People here tend to be in good health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at B+, #17 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Set against the rest, it does better than nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Gorcy 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 →
The 2 things Gorcy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gorcy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Fresnois, in Fresnois-la-Montagne, 3.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Gorcy 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 Gorcy.
The 2025 count: 38 offenses in Gorcy. This Meurthe-et-Moselle town comes 3rd of the 56 compared towns in Meurthe-et-Moselle on the Safety Grade. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was family violence (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 22.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, 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.
2 GPs practise in Gorcy. 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. 152 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 203: 25% below.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,633/m², comes from 86 sales of houses and apartments in Gorcy from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 85% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,721/m² | 73 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). At 40.5, the median resident of Gorcy sits in the middle of the age range. 28% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Gorcy | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 8.4%. 6.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 200 jobs are based in Gorcy, for 1,400 working residents (0.1 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
4 notable people were born in Gorcy.
Christophe Loizillon: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Gorcy is a commune of 2,971 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorcy | 2,971 | — | B+ | C− | A | A− |
| Cosnes-et-Romain | 2,802 | 2.3 | A− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Lexy | 3,904 | 3.5 | C+ | D | C+ | C− |
| Longwy | 15,679 | 4.1 | C | C+ | D | B |
| Réhon | 3,863 | 4.7 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Mont-Saint-Martin | 9,361 | 4.7 | D− | C | D | D− |
| Herserange | 4,170 | 5.1 | C | C+ | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #3 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,633/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gorcy 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 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.