Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most (C−): 1 job per working resident; 15.2% unemployment. At €2,119/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Agglomération du Grand Longwy. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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. Longlaville 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 Longlaville 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Longlaville.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Longlaville, 15.2%, runs above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
16%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €24,450 a year per consumption unit, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€25,715) and compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Longlaville counts 1 jobs (950 jobs, 950 workers). At the census, 13.7% of working residents in Longlaville went to work by public transport.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
Public transport14%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
950
jobs based in Longlaville, 1 per working resident
15.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Longlaville sees fewer deaths than Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 79 per 100 expected
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 199 residents of Longlaville died, against 207 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. 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. There is one general practitioner in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Longlaville · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Mont St Martin Groupe Sos Sante
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Mont St Martin Groupe Sos Sante
84.7 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Longlaville costs more than in Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €15.02/m² a month
€2,119/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,119/m²: 67 houses and apartments sold in Longlaville between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for three quarters of sales, apartments for the rest. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €10.33/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Longlaville€2,119/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Meurthe-et-Moselle median€1,859/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,149/m²
50
€15.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.61 to €19.45/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,290
median annual income per consumption unit, Agglomération du Grand Longwy
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Longlaville hold a degree than in Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 18%
43median age
People aged 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents.
LonglavilleMeurthe-et-Moselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Per resident, Longlaville sees more crime than 54% of compared French towns
9.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Graded property crimes ran at 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 9.8 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Longlaville logged 48 recorded offenses. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Other physical violence10
Theft from vehicles6
Family violence5
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud7
Theft without violence6
Drug use5
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.
9.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
48
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (6.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
81.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 1.4 points above the expected rate
95%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Longlaville is a commune of 2,377 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
Population
2,377 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Agglomération du Grand Longwy
Département
Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.2 sq mi (3.2 km²)
INSEE code
54321
Longlaville’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Longlaville
Is Longlaville safe?
It grades B− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Longlaville good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns. 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.
Is Longlaville expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,119/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Longlaville grades C for cost of living.
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.