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The town has 1,665 residents and lies in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.4 points below the expected rate. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health, C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. The median home sells for €1,647/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Marbache 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.
The 2 things Marbache does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marbache 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.
Marbache has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Marbache as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de mission, in Liverdun, 3.2 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marbache.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Marbache, 85.7% passed the brevet, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (88.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.5 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis MarinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 79 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée des métiers de la logistique et des services Bertrand SchwartzNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 45 | 78%−4 pts |
| Collège Jean LurçatBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 63 | 87%+9 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.
Marbache recorded 69 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.39/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 78% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,835/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 153 residents of Marbache died, against 172 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Marbache is Centre hospitalier de Pont A Mousson, 7.9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Marbache can choose among 3 GPs. At birth, a girl in Meurthe-et-Moselle can expect 84.7 years and a boy 79.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Marbache has a median age of 43.5 years. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 30% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Marbache | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
150 jobs are based in Marbache, for 750 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 8.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €27,010 a year per consumption unit, higher than Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€25,715) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.3 (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 25 offenses in Marbache. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Marbache (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 30.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Marbache is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Marbache yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marbache | 1,665 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Custines | 3,089 | 1.9 | A− | B | A | C |
| Pompey | 4,780 | 2.1 | B− | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Frouard | 6,444 | 3 | C− | A− | C | C− |
| Liverdun | 5,580 | 3.1 | A− | B+ | A+ | B |
| Dieulouard | 4,581 | 3.4 | A | A− | A | B− |
| Bouxières-aux-Dames | 4,106 | 3.9 | B− | B | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Marbache has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marbache grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Marbache is a commune of 1,665 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Pompey. 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 8, 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.