Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,036 people, lies in Meuse, Grand Est.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on walkability as well (C). Homes sell for a median €1,227/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Pagny-sur-Meuse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Pagny-sur-Meuse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pagny-sur-Meuse with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Pagny-sur-Meuse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pagny-sur-Meuse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Gorgon, in Euville, 4.2 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pagny-sur-Meuse.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 94% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 34 homes were sold in Pagny-sur-Meuse. That is the middle of 34 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,211/m² for the median of compared towns in Meuse.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,270/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
79 deaths in Pagny-sur-Meuse between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 75: 6% above. The nearest emergency department to Pagny-sur-Meuse is Centre hospitalier Saint Charles de Toul, 7.5 mi away. The town has 2 family doctors. At birth, a girl in Meuse can expect 85.2 years and a boy 77.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Meuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. Typical age in Pagny-sur-Meuse: 38.4, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Pagny-sur-Meuse | Meuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €25,270 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 9.1%, lower than both Meuse’s towns (15.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Pagny-sur-Meuse: 600, for 500 residents in work (1.2 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 7 offenses were recorded in Pagny-sur-Meuse. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.2 violent offenses and 16.7 graded property crimes a year. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes in the town, theft from vehicles came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 27.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Pagny-sur-Meuse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pagny-sur-Meuse yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pagny-sur-Meuse | 1,036 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| Foug Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2,628 | 3.1 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Écrouves Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4,474 | 6.2 | A− | B+ | B | C |
| Toul Meurthe-et-Moselle | 15,768 | 7.5 | C+ | A | C− | C |
| Commercy | 5,350 | 7.8 | C | A+ | C− | C− |
| Gondreville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2,635 | 11 | — | B | — | B |
| Saint-Mihiel | 3,772 | 16 | C+ | A+ | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pagny-sur-Meuse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pagny-sur-Meuse grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Meuse, Grand Est
Pagny-sur-Meuse is a commune of 1,036 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.