Schools are its strong suit: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €1,550/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Vézelise 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 Vézelise 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Vézelise’s ages would predict, 111 per 100 expected, above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
+11%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Vézelise is Chru Nancy Hopitaux de Brabois Adultes Enfants, 11.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 273 residents of Vézelise died, against 137 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 99% more. Average lifespans in Meurthe-et-Moselle: 84.7 years for women, 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Meurthe-et-Moselle town has 4 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw199
Adjusted111
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Vézelise · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru Nancy Hopitaux de Brabois Adultes Enfants
14.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru Nancy Maternite
84.7 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Vézelise than in Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 9.3%
9%walk, cycle or take transit
The jobless rate is 12.0%. Jobs located in Vézelise: 650, for 550 residents in work (1.2 each). Public transport took 2.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Vézelise, 1.2 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,510
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Vézelise keeps more of its old housing than Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Vézelise counts 4 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Halles, Mairie, Palais de Justice. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Vézelise, fewer than in both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
45median age
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 25% of adults.
VézeliseMeurthe-et-Moselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Vézelise is a commune of 1,346 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays du Saintois. 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
Population
1,346 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays du Saintois
Département
Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.1 sq mi (5.4 km²)
INSEE code
54563
Vézelise’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vézelise
Is Vézelise safe?
Vézelise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Vézelise good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vézelise expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vézelise grades A for cost of living.
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.
