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Population 138: a town in Meuse, Grand Est.
Fouchères-aux-Bois has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 14% of its housing. It skews older: a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Fouchères-aux-Bois does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fouchères-aux-Bois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Annonciation Notre-Dame, in Dammarie-sur-Saulx, 2.1 mi away.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Fouchères-aux-Bois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fouchères-aux-Bois.
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, between Meuse’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (30%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. Typical age in Fouchères-aux-Bois: 50, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Fouchères-aux-Bois | Meuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Median disposable income comes to €27,240 a year per consumption unit.
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.
3 houses and apartments changed hands in Fouchères-aux-Bois from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fouchères-aux-Bois yet.
Commune in Meuse, Grand Est
Fouchères-aux-Bois is a commune of 138 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Meuse. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fouchères-aux-Bois | 138 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ligny-en-Barrois | 3,677 | 5.7 | B− | A+ | C | B |
| Ancerville | 2,569 | 10 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Bar-le-Duc | 14,607 | 11 | B+ | A | C− | C |
| Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne | 22,858 | 13 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Joinville Haute-Marne | 2,915 | 13 | B− | A+ | C− | D− |
| Wassy Haute-Marne | 2,771 | 16 | C+ | A+ | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 November 4, 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.