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Home to 5,843 people, this town lies in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Strong in places, weak in others. It is strong on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools lag: brevet results 4.1 points below the expected rate. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall and a rank of #21 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Set against the rest, it does better than 70% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Ludres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ludres 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Ludres 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, 1.7 mi away.
1.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, family days out and gardens in and near Ludres. Best known first.
GardenJardin botanique Jean-Marie Pelt4.7 km north, in Villers-lès-NancyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Fléville2.7 km east, in Fléville-devant-NancyFortFortCamp d'Affrique1.7 km west, in MesseinChâteauChâteauChâteau Anthoine4.2 km north, in Vandœuvre-lès-NancyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Brabois4.4 km north, in Villers-lès-NancyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ludres.
7.5% of the labour force are out of work. Public transport took nearly a tenth of Ludres’ working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ludres has 9 family doctors. In Meurthe-et-Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 693 residents of Ludres died, against 688 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, higher than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of the town.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
| Ludres | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #43 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques MonodNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 91%−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.
The split in Ludres: €2,522/m² for houses, €1,801/m² for apartments. Houses were 77% of what sold. The estimated advertised rent is €11.81/m² a month, higher than Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€11.08/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,522/m² | 111 |
| Apartments | €1,801/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Ludres, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). All told, Ludres had 188 recorded offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.4 violent offenses and 19.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Jobs outnumber working residents in Ludres (6,500 to 2,350): 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 · 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.
Nothing in Ludres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Ludres.
Isabelle de Ludres: Attributed to Jean Charles, II Nocret / Workshop of Pierre Mignard I, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludres | 5,843 | — | B+ | C | C+ | A− |
| Heillecourt | 5,414 | 2.6 | A | C− | B+ | A |
| Neuves-Maisons | 6,524 | 2.8 | A− | A− | B− | C+ |
| Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy | 29,942 | 3 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Villers-lès-Nancy | 14,718 | 3.5 | A− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Laneuveville-devant-Nancy | 6,630 | 3.7 | B | C+ | B− | B |
| Chaligny | 2,729 | 3.7 | A | A− | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #36 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 58 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #43 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ludres grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Ludres is a commune of 5,843 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
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.
