Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,507 in Meuse, Grand Est.
Bouligny grades B overall: better than 64% of compared French towns, and #4 of 9 in Meuse. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 13.7% unemployment. At the median price of €1,211/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Coeur du Pays Haut. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 1.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Bouligny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bouligny 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bouligny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Mont, in Mont-Bonvillers, 4.8 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bouligny.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Bouligny is above both Meuse’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 400 residents of Bouligny died, against 326 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,211/m², close to Meuse’s towns (€1,211/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,221/m² | 120 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Bouligny comes below both Meuse’s towns (22.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €21,590 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #5 of 10 in Meuse.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 86%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Bouligny, that is below both Meuse’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Bouligny | Meuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Bouligny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Bouligny.
Paul Bartoletti: But-Club et le Miroir des sports, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouligny | 2,507 | — | B | A | A+ | D |
| Étain | 3,375 | 7.3 | C− | A | C− | C− |
| Trieux Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2,753 | 8.7 | C+ | B | A | C− |
| Val de Briey Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8,130 | 8.8 | C+ | C+ | C− | B− |
| Jarny Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8,050 | 11 | C | B+ | C− | D |
| Auboué Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2,650 | 12 | C | A− | B+ | C− |
| Fontoy Moselle | 3,184 | 12 | C+ | C+ | A+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 9 in Meuse.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #5 of 10 in Meuse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bouligny grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Meuse, Grand Est
Bouligny is a commune of 2,507 people in the Communauté de communes Coeur du Pays Haut. 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
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 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.