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A town of 183 in Meuse, Grand Est.

Is Mécrin a good place to live?

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

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

1 historic monument, the oldest from prehistory

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mécrin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 2000.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2000First protected: Menhir de Mécrin
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mécrin.

History

Old homes shape Mécrin: 36% were built before 1919, more than in Meuse’s towns or compared French towns

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

In the comparison, Mécrin comes above both Meuse’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mécrin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
2000
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Mécrin than in Meuse’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are under 15

For Mécrin, that is below both Meuse’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). 7.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24.

54.2median age
MécrinMeuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP41%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mécrin
MécrinMeuse medianFrance median
Under 157.3%14%17%
15–247.1%11%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6439%26%26%
65+25%25%22%
No diploma24%24%19%
CAP or BEP41%29%26%
Baccalauréat14%20%18%
Higher education16%20%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Mécrin walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Meuse’s towns or compared French towns: 9.4%

Mécrin sits below both Meuse’s towns (22.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Mécrin has 0 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 10.2% of the labour force are out of work.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Bicycle4%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
0
jobs based in Mécrin, 0.3 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Mécrin costs less than in Meuse’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.50/m² a month

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

That puts Mécrin below both Meuse’s towns (€8.86/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€7.50/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mécrin€7.50/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Meuse median€8.86/m²
€7.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.76 to €9.77/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

Nearby attractions

Musée départemental Raymond Poincaré and 4 more in and around Mécrin

Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Mécrin. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Mécrin

12pages on Mécrin

Landmarks

Mécrin has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Mécrin

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

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Mécrin’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 →
Saint-MihielCommercyLigny-en-BarroisFougBar-le-DucÉcrouvesSaint-MihielCommercyLigny-en-BarroisFougBar-le-DucÉcrouvesMécrin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mécrin183—————
Saint-Mihiel3,7724.7C+A+CD
Commercy5,3505.1CA+C−C−
Ligny-en-Barrois3,67713B−A+CB
Foug Meurthe-et-Moselle2,62815A−AA−C−
Bar-le-Duc14,60717B+AC−C
Écrouves Meurthe-et-Moselle4,47418A−B+BC

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

About Mécrin

Commune in Meuse, Grand Est

Mécrin is a commune of 183 people in the Communauté de communes de Commercy - Void - Vaucouleurs. 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
183 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Commercy - Void - Vaucouleurs
Département
Meuse (55)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3.9 sq mi (10.2 km²)
INSEE code
55329

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.