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15- to 24-year-olds are 15% of the population. Population 14,771: a town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
The picture is mixed. Crime is the sore point (C−): an average of 8.8 recorded violent incidents and 19.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It is easy to get around without a car: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 28% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,106/m² takes 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole du Grand Nancy. All told, that adds up to a B− overall and a rank of #34 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. On that grade it does better than 47% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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 Laxou 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 3 things Laxou does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Laxou, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Charles Dominique Oscar Lahalle, born in 1833, is the one person born in Laxou before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Laxou 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 Laxou.
14.6% of the labour force were unemployed, above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs located in Laxou: 8,200, for 5,450 residents in work (1.5 each). Public transport took 15.5% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Laxou’s tally for 2025: 439 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Laxou can choose among 42 GPs. Its four care homes for older people (299 places) count their residents as Laxou’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,594 residents of Laxou died, against 1,390 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. Women in Meurthe-et-Moselle live to 84.7 on average and men to 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Laxou, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 86% passed the bac pro, of 589 candidates at 7 lycées. The bac pass rate near Laxou is 95.0%, about level with Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #17 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges de la TourNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 89%+2 pts |
| Lycée Georges de la TourNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 139 | 96%+2 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
Graduates make up 44% of adults. The middle age in Laxou is 40.3. Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Laxou | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 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.
Houses in Laxou sell for €2,600/m² and apartments for €1,944/m². 464 houses and apartments changed hands here from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.50/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,600/m² | 147 |
| Apartments | €1,944/m² | 317 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Laxou. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy2.7 km east, in Nancy
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy3 km east, in Nancy
MuseumMusée de l'École de Nancy1.6 km southeast, in Nancy
MuseumPalais des ducs de Lorraine – Musée lorrain2.7 km northeast, in Nancy
MuseumVilla Majorelle1.3 km east, in NancyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
24 notable people were born in Laxou.
Marie Marchand-Arvier: Christian Jansky, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arnaud Vincent: Tom richards, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Laurent Hénart: Talleyrand01, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Laurent Petitgand: Loripeau, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anthony Boulogne: TrisHR, CC BY 4.0 · Emmanuel Lacresse: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Laxou is a commune of 14,771 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laxou | 14,771 | — | B− | B− | C− | C+ |
| Nancy | 103,671 | 1.4 | C | C | D | C+ |
| Villers-lès-Nancy | 14,718 | 1.4 | A− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Maxéville | 10,090 | 1.5 | C | B− | C | C |
| Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy | 29,942 | 2.1 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Malzéville | 7,820 | 2.6 | B− | C+ | C | B |
| Jarville-la-Malgrange | 9,356 | 2.9 | C− | B− | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #48 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 194 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #17 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The lycée stands out: 96% of 139 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Georges de la Tour 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.09/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Laxou grades B− 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.