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A town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, home to 10,102 people.
Villerupt’s grades pull in different directions. Where it falls short is jobs & income (D) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. It is easy to get around without a car: 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,361/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays Haut Val d'Alzette. Overall, that makes a C, better than 26% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #51 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Villerupt 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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The 2 things Villerupt does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villerupt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Nécropole mérovingienne, in Audun-le-Tiche, 0.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Villerupt 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 Villerupt.
19.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The median disposable income is €25,320 a year per consumption unit. Of those in the labour force, 10.7% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (135 places) counts its residents as Villerupt’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,007 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,104, 10% more. The nearest emergency department to Villerupt is Centre hospitalier de Mont St Martin Groupe Sos Sante, 8.4 mi away. 5 GPs practise locally.
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.
In 2025, 268 offenses were recorded in Villerupt. Graded property crimes ran at 15.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 10.8 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 268 offenses in the graded categories in the town 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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Villerupt, houses go for €2,637/m² and apartments for €1,861/m². 425 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,361/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 425 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,637/m² | 299 |
| Apartments | €1,861/m² | 126 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #12 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. General-bac pupils go 8.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Théodore MonodNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 90%+4 pts |
| Collège Lionel TerrayBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 61 | 92%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Villerupt has a median age of 41.9. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Villerupt | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Villerupt. Best known first.
MuseumÉcomusée des mines de fer de Lorraine4.9 km south, in Aumetz
MuseumÉglise réformée d'Audun-le-Tiche2.2 km northeast, in Audun-le-TichePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
24 notable people were born in Villerupt.
Aurélie Filippetti: Didier Plowy/Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olivier Jacque: Rikita, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frédéric Biancalani: SadicJoe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pierre Dorsini: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Villerupt is a commune of 10,102 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Haut Val d'Alzette. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villerupt | 10,102 | — | C | C+ | C | C |
| Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 7,356 | 1.2 | C | D | C | B− |
| Hussigny-Godbrange | 3,912 | 3.5 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Ottange Moselle | 2,960 | 4.3 | B− | C− | A+ | C− |
| Haucourt-Moulaine | 3,495 | 6.4 | B | C | A | B+ |
| Herserange | 4,170 | 7.5 | C | C+ | B− | C |
| Réhon | 3,863 | 8 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #41 of 56 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 94 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #12 of 53 in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,361/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Villerupt 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.