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A town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, home to 1,155 people.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income and B for walkability. Homes sell for a median €1,619/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pulligny 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 Pulligny 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.
Pulligny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Pulligny does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Pulligny; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Pulligny; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Maison dite Maison des Loups: Photo: Doique · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison dite Maison Pierret: Photo: Doique · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pulligny.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 31 homes in Pulligny.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,619/m² | 31 |
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.
2 GPs practise in Pulligny. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Pulligny come to 98 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 91 residents of Pulligny died, against 93 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pulligny is Chru Nancy Hopitaux de Brabois Adultes Enfants, 7.4 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Median disposable income comes to €27,820 a year per consumption unit. For its 550 residents in work, Pulligny has 100 jobs: 0.2 each. 5.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2 of the 3 are houses and mansions. The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. 8.8% of its homes were built before 1919, above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, lower than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Typical age in Pulligny: 46.2, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Pulligny | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
In Pulligny, police and gendarmerie logged 0 offenses of the graded kinds in 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
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pulligny yet.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Pulligny is a commune of 1,155 people in the Communauté de communes Moselle et Madon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulligny | 1,155 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Ludres | 5,843 | 5.5 | B+ | C | C+ | A− |
| Neuves-Maisons | 6,524 | 5.5 | A− | A− | B− | C+ |
| Chaligny | 2,729 | 6.3 | A | A− | A | B− |
| Heillecourt | 5,414 | 8 | A | C− | B+ | A |
| Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy | 29,942 | 8.5 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Villers-lès-Nancy | 14,718 | 8.7 | A− | C | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pulligny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pulligny 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 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.
