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A town of 270 in Meuse, Grand Est.

Is Loisey a good place to live?

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

Église de Culey
Église de Culey · Classé · Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Loisey’s story

Loisey in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Loisey: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1912.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1912First protected: Église de Culey
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Loisey.

History

Loisey keeps more of its old housing than Meuse or compared French towns: 41% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

On this, Loisey is above both Meuse’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Loisey: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Loisey is Église de Culey.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

16th c.
oldest protected part
1912
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Loisey has fewer young adults than Meuse’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

In the comparison, Loisey comes below both Meuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 18% of the population.

46median age
LoiseyMeuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP44%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Loisey
LoiseyMeuse medianFrance median
Under 1518%14%17%
15–246.3%11%11%
25–4425%22%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+21%25%22%
No diploma11%24%19%
CAP or BEP44%29%26%
Baccalauréat18%20%18%
Higher education22%20%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Loisey are out of work than in Meuse’s towns or across compared French towns: 3.9%

For Loisey, that is below both Meuse’s towns (15.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Loisey has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 8.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot6%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Loisey, 0.3 per working resident
3.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
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 Loisey than in Meuse’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.76/m² a month

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

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

€7.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Loisey€7.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Meuse median€8.86/m²
€7.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.70 to €10.57/m² a month)
€8.07/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 Loisey

11pages on Loisey

Landmarks

The list names few of Loisey’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église de Culey: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0

Famous people from Loisey

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

How we find them →

Loisey’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 →
Bar-le-DucLigny-en-BarroisCommercySaint-MihielAncervilleSaint-DizierBar-le-DucLigny-en-BarroisCommercySaint-MihielAncervilleSaint-DizierLoisey
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Loisey270—————
Bar-le-Duc14,6075.5B+AC−C
Ligny-en-Barrois3,6775.7B−A+CB
Commercy5,35014CA+C−C−
Saint-Mihiel3,77215C+A+CD
Ancerville2,56915—A+—D
Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne22,85817C−B+C−C−

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

About Loisey

Commune in Meuse, Grand Est

Loisey is a commune of 270 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Bar-le-Duc - Sud 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

Population
270 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse
Département
Meuse (55)
Région
Grand Est
Area
5.2 sq mi (13.5 km²)
INSEE code
55298

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.