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A town of 527 in Meuse, Grand Est.

Is Ancemont a good place to live?

Ancemont is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Ancemont’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ancemont’s story

No historic monuments in Ancemont

The Culture ministry lists no building in Ancemont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Cimetière entourant l'ancienne église, in Dugny-sur-Meuse, 2.8 mi away.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ancemont.

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 24% are 65 or over, against 11% and 25% in the median compared commune of Meuse. 27% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Meuse 20%, France 30%).

48.4median age
AncemontMeuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ancemont
AncemontMeuse medianFrance median
Under 1514%14%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4419%22%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+24%25%22%
No diploma20%24%19%
CAP or BEP34%29%26%
Baccalauréat15%20%18%
Higher education27%20%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Meuse median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Ancemont than in Meuse’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6%

Ancemont sits below both Meuse’s towns (22.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. 10.4% of the labour force are out of work. Ancemont has 150 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.6 per worker.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
150
jobs based in Ancemont, 0.6 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,500
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

That puts Ancemont above Meuse’s towns (86.0%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).

88.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ancemont88.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Louis de BroglieNearest collègeCollègeCollège6088%−2 pts
88.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
0.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Ancemont is €8.30/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€8.30/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ancemont€8.30/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Meuse median€8.86/m²
€8.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.58 to €10.48/m² a month)
€8.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château des Monthairons and 2 more in and around Ancemont

Heritage in and near Ancemont. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Ancemont

13pages on Ancemont

Landmarks

Nothing in Ancemont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Ancemont

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ancemont yet.

How we find them →

Ancemont’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Meuse →
VerdunThierville-sur-MeuseBelleville-sur-MeuseSaint-MihielÉtainVerdunThierville-sur-MeuseBelleville-sur-MeuseSaint-MihielÉtainAncemont
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ancemont527—————
Verdun16,8906B−A−D−C+
Thierville-sur-Meuse3,1727A−B−A−C
Belleville-sur-Meuse3,0137.2B+BB+C
Saint-Mihiel3,77214C+A+CD
Étain3,37514C−AC−C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Ancemont

Commune in Meuse, Grand Est

Ancemont is a commune of 527 people in the Communauté de communes Val de Meuse - Voie Sacrée. 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
527 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val de Meuse - Voie Sacrée
Département
Meuse (55)
Région
Grand Est
Area
5.1 sq mi (13.3 km²)
INSEE code
55009

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.