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In Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, this town has 2,066 residents. Over-65s are 28% of the population.
Work and incomes are strong (A+): 2.7 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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. Houdemont 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 Houdemont 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.
Houdemont has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Houdemont does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Houdemont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Fléville, in Fléville-devant-Nancy, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Houdemont 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 Houdemont.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Meurthe-et-Moselle: 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 190 deaths in Houdemont from 2016 to 2025; there were 136, 29% fewer. This Meurthe-et-Moselle town has 2 family doctors.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
7.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. No commute at all: 3.1% of working residents in Houdemont at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
28% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 44% of adults. Typical age in Houdemont: 53.3, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Houdemont | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 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.
Of the homes sold, 77% were houses. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.60/m² a month, about level with Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€11.08/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Houdemont: 53 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,604/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Houdemont. Violence against people ran at 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.5 (2023–2025 average). 54 offenses were reported in Houdemont during 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Houdemont (2,250 to 800): it draws people in from around.
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 and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 17.5% 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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Houdemont is 92.7%, lower than Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (94.1%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). At the five general lycées, 97% of 979 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone de BeauvoirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 74 | 73%−9 pts |
| Lycée La Malgrange PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 177 | 99%±0 pts |
| Collège Jacques CallotBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 117 | 87%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Houdemont. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'École de Nancy4.1 km north, in Nancy
GardenJardin botanique Jean-Marie Pelt2.3 km northwest, in Villers-lès-Nancy
MuseumVilla Majorelle4.6 km north, in Nancy
ChâteauChâteau de Montaigu3.6 km northeast, in Laneuveville-devant-Nancy
Manor houseVilla Bonnabel3.4 km north, in NancyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Houdemont yet.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Houdemont is a commune of 2,066 people in the Métropole du Grand Nancy. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houdemont | 2,066 | — | — | C | B | A |
| Heillecourt | 5,414 | 1.1 | A | C− | B+ | A |
| Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy | 29,942 | 1.2 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Ludres | 5,843 | 1.8 | B+ | C | C+ | A− |
| Jarville-la-Malgrange | 9,356 | 2.1 | C− | B− | C | D |
| Villers-lès-Nancy | 14,718 | 2.3 | A− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Laneuveville-devant-Nancy | 6,630 | 2.4 | B | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns. 99% of 177 candidates passed the bac at Lycée La Malgrange in 2025, at 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 Houdemont 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.