Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 6,392 residents, it is a town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 16.4% unemployment. Jœuf’s overall grade is C, better than 29% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #47 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. It lags on schools as well (D) — brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Jœuf 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 Jœuf does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Jœuf: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Jœuf has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Jœuf.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #50 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.9 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Amilcar ZannoniNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 77%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Meurthe-et-Moselle costs less to buy into than Jœuf, at €1,050/m², the lowest of 57. Houses sell for €1,281/m² in the town, apartments for €859/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.00/m² a month, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€11.08/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,281/m² | 167 |
| Apartments | €859/m² | 114 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Jœuf was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people ran at 13.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.1 (2023–2025 average). 193 offenses were reported in Jœuf during 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 armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
8.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 16.4%, above both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 1.7% of working residents in Jœuf didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, above both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 15%. Typical age in Jœuf: 46.6, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Jœuf | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
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. Its four care homes for older people (251 places) count their residents as Jœuf’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. 8 GPs practise 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Other places to visit and museums in and near Jœuf. Best known first.
6 notable people were born in Jœuf.
Pierre Fritsch: EFR U34, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Jœuf is a commune of 6,392 people in the Communauté de communes Orne Lorraine Confluences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jœuf | 6,392 | — | C | A | C− | B− |
| Montois-la-Montagne Moselle | 2,711 | 0.9 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Homécourt | 6,254 | 1 | C− | A− | C+ | C− |
| Auboué | 2,650 | 1.9 | C | A− | B+ | C− |
| Moyeuvre-Grande Moselle | 7,311 | 2.3 | C− | B+ | B− | D |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 4,519 | 2.4 | C+ | C | B | D |
| Rombas Moselle | 9,371 | 4.2 | C | C+ | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #49 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 59 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #50 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Jœuf 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 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.