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A town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, home to 4,170 people.
The local economy is weaker than most: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 13.7% unemployment. Fewer journeys need a car: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,935/m², so 70 m² costs 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Agglomération du Grand Longwy. All told, that adds up to a C overall and a rank of #46 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. On that grade it does better than 33% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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.
Each subject compares Herserange 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 3 things Herserange does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Herserange as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison de l'Intendance, in Longwy, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Herserange 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 Herserange.
The median disposable income was €23,300 a year per consumption unit, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€25,715) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 15.8% of working residents in Herserange to work at the census. At the census, 1.8% of working residents in Herserange didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. Herserange has a median age of 39.6 years. 19% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Meurthe-et-Moselle 27%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Herserange | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 317 residents of Herserange died, against 336 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Herserange come to 94 per 100 predicted. For a family doctor, residents of Herserange can choose among 10 GPs. Average lifespans in Meurthe-et-Moselle: 84.7 years for women, 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Herserange sell for €1,943/m² and apartments for €1,919/m². The median price, €1,935/m², comes from 153 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,943/m² | 105 |
| Apartments | €1,919/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Herserange is 92.2%, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (94.1%). A collège lies 0.7 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #22 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léodile BéraNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 81%−3 pts |
| Lycée des Récollets PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 86 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 36 | 97%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Herserange was criminal damage (2025). For 2025, the figures show 93 offenses in the town. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.5 cases of violence against people and 12.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 sexual violence, 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, 6.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Herserange. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des émaux et faïences de Longwy1.7 km west, in LongwyChâteauChâteauChâteau Marc Raty3.3 km northeast, in SaulnesMuseumMuseumLa Grange aux Arts1.9 km northwest, in LongwyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
3 notable people were born in Herserange.
Théodore Valerio: Adolphe Dallemagne, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Herserange is a commune of 4,170 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herserange | 4,170 | — | C | C+ | B− | C |
| Longwy | 15,679 | 1 | C | C+ | D | B |
| Haucourt-Moulaine | 3,495 | 1.1 | B | C | A | B+ |
| Mont-Saint-Martin | 9,361 | 1.6 | D− | C | D | D− |
| Réhon | 3,863 | 2 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Cosnes-et-Romain | 2,802 | 2.9 | A− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Lexy | 3,904 | 3 | C+ | D | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #28 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns and #22 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The lycée stands out: 99% of 86 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des Récollets in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,935/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Herserange 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.