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A town of 149 in Meuse, Grand Est.

Is Brouennes a good place to live?

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

What makes Brouennes stand out

The 2 things Brouennes does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Brouennes

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

The nearest classé monument is Église de la Ville-Haute, in Montmédy, 4.5 mi away.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brouennes.

Who lives here

Students and young workers shape Brouennes: 14% are 15 to 24, above Meuse’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Brouennes comes above both Meuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population.

39.3median age
BrouennesMeuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat36%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Brouennes
BrouennesMeuse medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–2414%11%11%
25–4425%22%23%
45–6420%26%26%
65+25%25%22%
No diploma20%24%19%
CAP or BEP25%29%26%
Baccalauréat36%20%18%
Higher education15%20%30%

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

Work & commute

Brouennes has lower unemployment than Meuse’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1%

For Brouennes, that is below both Meuse’s towns (15.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Brouennes has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 10.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving77%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Brouennes, 0.5 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Brouennes than in Meuse’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.13/m² a month

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

Brouennes sits below both Meuse’s towns (€8.86/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€7.13/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Brouennes€7.13/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Meuse median€8.86/m²
€7.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.84 to €8.71/m² a month)
€7.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Brouennes

11pages on Brouennes

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Brouennes

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

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Brouennes’ 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 →
CarignanLonguyonCarignanLonguyonBrouennes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Brouennes149—————
Carignan Ardennes2,6809.1CA+C+D
Longuyon Meurthe-et-Moselle5,13416CAC+D

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

About Brouennes

Commune in Meuse, Grand Est

Brouennes is a commune of 149 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois. 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
149 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois
Département
Meuse (55)
Région
Grand Est
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
55083

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.