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Population 4,780: a town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Overall, Pompey earns a B−, which places it #30 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Set against the rest, it does better than 52% of compared French towns. Fewer journeys need a car (A−): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Pompey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pompey 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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Pompey has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Nicolas-Antoine Nouet, born in 1740, is the one person born in Pompey before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pompey.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Pompey records 101 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 670 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 950, 42% more. The nearest emergency department to Pompey is Chru Nancy Hopital Central, 6.6 mi away. Women in Meurthe-et-Moselle live to 84.7 on average and men to 79.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
For its 1,900 residents in work, Pompey has 2,450 jobs: 1.3 each. Unemployment is 11.5%. No commute at all: 2.6% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
85.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Pompey, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (88.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 5.4 mi away. The town’s schools place #45 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean LurçatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 87%+9 pts |
| Lycée des métiers de la logistique et des services Bertrand SchwartzNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 45 | 78%−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.
Apartments in Pompey sell for €1,443/m², houses for €1,720/m². House rents are put at about €8.39/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.00/m² a month, near Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€11.08/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,720/m² | 106 |
| Apartments | €1,443/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 92 offenses recorded in Pompey. Violence against people averaged 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.4. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent 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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 3.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Pompey has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
16% are under 15, lower than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. The age that splits Pompey in two is 44.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Pompey | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Pompey. Best known first.
Pompey has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de l'Avant-Garde: Photo: Musicaline · CC BY-SA 4.0
5 notable people were born in Pompey.
Jean-Marie Cieleska: CamilleCieliczka, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nicolas-Antoine Nouet: Dutertre, André (1753-1842). Graveur, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pompey | 4,780 | — | B− | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Frouard | 6,444 | 0.9 | C− | A− | C | C− |
| Custines | 3,089 | 1.9 | A− | B | A | C |
| Bouxières-aux-Dames | 4,106 | 2 | B− | B | B | C− |
| Liverdun | 5,580 | 2.6 | A− | B+ | A+ | B |
| Champigneulles | 6,551 | 3.1 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Maxéville | 10,090 | 4.5 | C | B− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #18 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #45 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. At the three collèges (Collège Jean Lurçat, Collège Grandville and Collège Louis Marin), 85.7% passed the brevet, 1.4 points below the expected rate. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pompey grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Pompey is a commune of 4,780 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 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.