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Some 2,300 people live in this town, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Mexy’s strongest is safety: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fewer journeys need a car (B+): 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Mexy 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 Mexy 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.
Mexy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Mexy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mexy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Enceinte fortifiée de la citadelle, in Longwy, 1.7 mi away.
3.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Mexy 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 Mexy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Mexy records 103 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 308 residents of Mexy died, against 266 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Mexy has 350 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The unemployment rate here is 8.5%. Also worth knowing: at the census, 9.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,275/m²: 106 houses and apartments sold in Mexy between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 87% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,338/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre BrossoletteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 98 | 87%−1 pt |
| Lycée des Récollets PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 86 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 36 | 97%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 16% of the population here. Residents of Mexy have a median age of 46.4. 27% of adults hold a degree, near Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (27%) and lower than compared French towns (30%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Mexy | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Mexy. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des émaux et faïences de Longwy2.8 km northwest, in LongwyMuseumMuseumLa Grange aux Arts3.4 km north, in LongwyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mexy yet.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Mexy is a commune of 2,300 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexy | 2,300 | — | — | C | A | C− |
| Réhon | 3,863 | 1 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Haucourt-Moulaine | 3,495 | 1.2 | B | C | A | B+ |
| Herserange | 4,170 | 1.4 | C | C+ | B− | C |
| Longwy | 15,679 | 1.7 | C | C+ | D | B |
| Lexy | 3,904 | 2.4 | C+ | D | C+ | C− |
| Mont-Saint-Martin | 9,361 | 3 | D− | C | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B, better than 55% 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.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,275/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mexy grades C 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.