Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,602 people live in this town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Cost of living is its strong suit (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 11.4% unemployment. It also trails on health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C−) — 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Moutiers 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 Moutiers 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.
Moutiers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Moutiers does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Moutiers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Gengoult, in Val de Briey, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Moutiers 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 Moutiers.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
202 deaths in Moutiers between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 178: 14% above. 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. The nearest emergency department to Moutiers is Centre hospitalier de Briey Hopital Maillot, 2.4 mi away.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,000 a year per consumption unit, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€25,715) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 11.4%. Public transport took 2.2% of Moutiers’ working residents to work at the census.
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.
Homes sold for a median €1,669/m², below Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€1,859/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. 58 houses and apartments changed hands in Moutiers from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 95% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,679/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Half the people of Moutiers are older than 44.3.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Moutiers | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 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.
The bac pass rate near Moutiers is 97.0%, above both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 0.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 83%−7 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Louis BertrandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 274 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Moutiers as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Moutiers is a commune of 1,602 people in the Communauté de communes Orne Lorraine Confluences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moutiers | 1,602 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Auboué | 2,650 | 1.3 | C | A− | B+ | C− |
| Homécourt | 6,254 | 1.3 | C− | A− | C+ | C− |
| Jœuf | 6,392 | 2 | C | A | C− | B− |
| Val de Briey | 8,130 | 2.6 | C+ | C+ | C− | B− |
| Montois-la-Montagne Moselle | 2,711 | 2.7 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 4,519 | 3 | C+ | C | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Moutiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Moutiers grades A− 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.