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The town, home to 1,453 people, lies in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Saizerais’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most (D): brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. It also trails on walkability (C+): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,753/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saizerais 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 Saizerais 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.
Saizerais has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Saizerais does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saizerais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de mission, in Liverdun, 2.4 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saizerais 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 Saizerais.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.8 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 7.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège GrandvilleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 81%−8 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.
Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 32 homes were sold in Saizerais. That is the middle of 32 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,859/m² for the median of compared towns in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Saizerais can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Saizerais is Centre hospitalier de Pont A Mousson, 7.9 mi away. Also worth knowing: 78 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 98: 20% below. Life expectancy in Meurthe-et-Moselle: 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 C to A.
12% of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 18% of the population. Saizerais has a median age of 43.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saizerais | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €28,890 a year per consumption unit. For its 700 residents in work, Saizerais has 200 jobs: 0.2 each. Bus, tram or train carried 4.0% of working residents in Saizerais to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saizerais as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Saizerais is a commune of 1,453 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saizerais | 1,453 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Liverdun | 5,580 | 2.4 | A− | B+ | A+ | B |
| Dieulouard | 4,581 | 3.4 | A | A− | A | B− |
| Pompey | 4,780 | 3.8 | B− | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Frouard | 6,444 | 4.4 | C− | A− | C | C− |
| Custines | 3,089 | 4.5 | A− | B | A | C |
| Bouxières-aux-Dames | 4,106 | 5.8 | B− | B | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saizerais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 5% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saizerais 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 8, 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.