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Home to 10,090 people, this town lies in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est. 17% of residents are 15 to 24.
The picture is mixed. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 2.2 jobs per working resident; 18.0% unemployment. Crime is the sore point: an average of 11.3 recorded violent incidents and 16.2 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: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 31% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,778/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole du Grand Nancy. Put together, the subjects come to a C overall, ranking #45 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Set against the rest, it does better than 33% of compared French towns.
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.
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 Maxéville 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 Maxéville does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Maxéville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison d'habitation et maison à portique de Jean Prouvé, in Nancy, 0.5 mi away.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Maxéville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maxéville.
At the census, nearly a third of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €19,560 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€25,715) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 15% of the town. Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. Also worth knowing: half of Maxéville is older than 36.4, half younger.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Maxéville | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie figures for Maxéville show 267 offenses in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Maxéville (7,700 to 3,500): it draws people in from around. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (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 armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.3% of the index here. 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.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
944 deaths in Maxéville between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 739: 28% above. Life expectancy in Meurthe-et-Moselle: 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Maxéville can choose among 14 GPs.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #29 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. At the lycées within 5 km of Maxéville, 94.2% passed the bac, about level with Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean LamourNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 56 | 71%−5 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame - Saint-Sigisbert PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 149 | 100%+1 pt |
| 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Maxéville: €2,160/m² for houses, €1,516/m² for apartments. 212 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,778/m². House rents are put at about €11.51/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,160/m² | 77 |
| Apartments | €1,516/m² | 135 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Maxéville. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy2.4 km southeast, in Nancy
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy2.8 km southeast, in Nancy
MuseumPalais des ducs de Lorraine – Musée lorrain2.1 km southeast, in Nancy
MuseumMusée de l'École de Nancy3 km south, in Nancy
MuseumVilla Majorelle2.5 km south, in NancyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
2 notable people were born in Maxéville.
Jean-Pierre Cattenoz: Le Borgne de Fecamp, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Thierry de Martel: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Maxéville is a commune of 10,090 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxéville | 10,090 | — | C | B− | C | C |
| Laxou | 14,771 | 1.5 | B− | B− | C− | C+ |
| Malzéville | 7,820 | 1.5 | B− | C+ | C | B |
| Nancy | 103,671 | 1.5 | C | C | D | C+ |
| Champigneulles | 6,551 | 1.6 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Max | 9,913 | 2.4 | B | B− | B+ | C+ |
| Villers-lès-Nancy | 14,718 | 2.9 | A− | C | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #47 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 112 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #29 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The lycée stands out: 100% of 149 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame - Saint-Sigisbert in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,778/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.75/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maxéville 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 4, 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.