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This town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est has a population of 2,259.
Saulnes’s strongest subject is walkability — just over a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is jobs & income: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,930/m² costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Agglomération du Grand Longwy. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: 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. Saulnes 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 Saulnes 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.
Saulnes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Saulnes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saulnes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Puits couvert, à Longwy-Haut, in Longwy, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saulnes 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 Saulnes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Saulnes. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saulnes records 96 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 209 residents of Saulnes died, against 218 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,010 a year per consumption unit, higher than Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€25,715) and near compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate here is 9.7%. Also worth knowing: at the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Saulnes went to work by public transport.
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 €1,930/m²: 114 houses and apartments sold in Saulnes between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 79% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,944/m² | 90 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saulnes has a median age of 45.5. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, near both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). 20% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Meurthe-et-Moselle 27%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saulnes | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 86% passed the bac pro, of 247 candidates at 4 lycées. Near Saulnes, 92.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (94.1%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léodile BéraNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 81%−3 pts |
| 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
Among the graded crimes in Saulnes, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.8. The police record for Saulnes lists 13 offenses 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 26.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Saulnes. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des émaux et faïences de Longwy4.2 km west, in LongwyFortFortEnceinte de Longwy4.2 km west, in LongwyMuseumMuseumLa Grange aux Arts3.9 km west, in LongwyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
2 notable people were born in Saulnes.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Saulnes is a commune of 2,259 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulnes | 2,259 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Herserange | 4,170 | 1.7 | C | C+ | B− | C |
| Haucourt-Moulaine | 3,495 | 1.8 | B | C | A | B+ |
| Mont-Saint-Martin | 9,361 | 1.8 | D− | C | D | D− |
| Longwy | 15,679 | 2.5 | C | C+ | D | B |
| Hussigny-Godbrange | 3,912 | 3.4 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Réhon | 3,863 | 3.6 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saulnes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 49% 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,930/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saulnes 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.