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A town of 40 in Meuse, Grand Est.

Is Étraye a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Étraye

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

The nearest classé monument is Poste de commandement du colonel Driant, in Moirey-Flabas-Crépion, 4.3 mi away.

35% 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 Étraye.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Étraye than in Meuse’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults

In the comparison, Étraye comes below both Meuse’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 19% of the town.

52median age
ÉtrayeMeuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP39%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Étraye
ÉtrayeMeuse medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+19%25%22%
No diploma16%24%19%
CAP or BEP39%29%26%
Baccalauréat26%20%18%
Higher education16%20%30%

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

Work & commute

Étraye has lower unemployment than Meuse’s towns or compared French towns: 4.0%

For Étraye, that is below both Meuse’s towns (15.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Étraye has 0 jobs for 0 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 20.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

21%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving75%
On foot21%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Étraye, 0.3 per working resident
4.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Étraye is €9.60/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.

€9.60/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Étraye€9.60/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Meuse median€8.86/m²
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.89 to €11.69/m² a month)
€8.17/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 Étraye

11pages on Étraye

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Étraye

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

How we find them →

Étraye’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 →
Belleville-sur-MeuseThierville-sur-MeuseVerdunLonguyonÉtainBoulignyBelleville-sur-MeuseThierville-sur-MeuseVerdunLonguyonÉtainBoulignyÉtraye
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Étraye40—————
Belleville-sur-Meuse3,01311B+BB+C
Thierville-sur-Meuse3,17211A−B−A−C
Verdun16,89012B−A−D−C+
Longuyon Meurthe-et-Moselle5,13413CAC+D
Étain3,37514C−AC−C−
Bouligny2,50717BAA+D

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

About Étraye

Commune in Meuse, Grand Est

Étraye is a commune of 40 people in the Communauté de communes de Damvillers Spincourt. 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
40 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Damvillers Spincourt
Département
Meuse (55)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3.1 sq mi (8.1 km²)
INSEE code
55183

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.