Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 49 residents, it is a town in Meuse, Grand Est.
At under 1,000 residents, Courcelles-en-Barrois is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Courcelles-en-Barrois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château et ses communs, in Sampigny, 3.4 mi away.
13% 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 Courcelles-en-Barrois.
Graduates make up 23% of adults. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, near Meuse’s towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Courcelles-en-Barrois by age and the one in the middle is 38.5.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Courcelles-en-Barrois | Meuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 33% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 11% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 30% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
11.8% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Courcelles-en-Barrois recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Courcelles-en-Barrois. Best known first.
Nothing in Courcelles-en-Barrois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Courcelles-en-Barrois yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles-en-Barrois | 49 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Mihiel | 3,772 | 6.5 | C+ | A+ | C | D |
| Commercy | 5,350 | 8.1 | C | A+ | C− | C− |
| Ligny-en-Barrois | 3,677 | 11 | B− | A+ | C | B |
| Bar-le-Duc | 14,607 | 13 | B+ | A | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Meuse, Grand Est
Courcelles-en-Barrois is a commune of 49 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Aire à l'Argonne. 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) · 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.