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A town of 9 in Meuse, Grand Est.

Is Ornes a good place to live?

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

What makes Ornes stand out

The 2 things Ornes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Michel
Église Saint-Michel · Inscrit · Photo: TCY · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ornes’ story

Ornes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ornes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1996.

0% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1996First protected: Église Saint-Michel
  • 2021Most recently protected: Chapelle Saint-Michel et la Fontaine du Souvenir
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ornes.

Who lives here

Students and young workers shape Ornes: 43% are 15 to 24, above Meuse’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Ornes above both Meuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 0% of residents.

55.5median age
OrnesMeuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP50%
Baccalauréat0%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

29% women, 71% men

About 40 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ornes
OrnesMeuse medianFrance median
Under 150%14%17%
15–2443%11%11%
25–440%22%23%
45–6443%26%26%
65+14%25%22%
No diploma17%24%19%
CAP or BEP50%29%26%
Baccalauréat0%20%18%
Higher education17%20%30%

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

History

2 historic monuments, none of them classé

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

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ornes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 0% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
19th c.
oldest protected part
1996
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Ornes has lower unemployment than Meuse’s towns or compared French towns: 0.0%

On this, Ornes is below both Meuse’s towns (15.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Ornes has 0 jobs for 0 working residents, 0.9 per worker.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving100%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Ornes, 0.9 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
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 Ornes 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

Ornes€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 Ornes

11pages on Ornes

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ornes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Michel: Photo: TCY · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Ornes

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

How we find them →

Ornes’ 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-MeuseVerdunThierville-sur-MeuseÉtainBoulignyLonguyonBelleville-sur-MeuseVerdunThierville-sur-MeuseÉtainBoulignyLonguyonOrnes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ornes9—————
Belleville-sur-Meuse3,0136.7B+BB+C
Verdun16,8907.7B−A−D−C+
Thierville-sur-Meuse3,1727.8A−B−A−C
Étain3,3757.8C−AC−C−
Bouligny2,50713BAA+D
Longuyon Meurthe-et-Moselle5,13414CAC+D

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

About Ornes

Commune in Meuse, Grand Est

Ornes is a commune of 9 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Verdun. 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
9 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Verdun
Département
Meuse (55)
Région
Grand Est
Area
7.2 sq mi (18.6 km²)
INSEE code
55394

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.