Vaucouleurs has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vaucouleurs 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vaucouleurs.
HousingCost of living A+
Buying in Vaucouleurs costs less than in Meuse’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €704/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 2 years of the median income in Communauté de communes de Commercy - Void - Vaucouleurs. Advertised rents are estimated at €7.54/m² a month, below both Meuse’s towns (€8.86/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: 55 houses and apartments changed hands here from July 2023 to June 2026.
€704/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vaucouleurs€704/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Meuse median€1,211/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€790/m²
52
€7.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.01 to €9.46/m² a month)
2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,240
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Commercy - Void - Vaucouleurs
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Vaucouleurs loses more people than its age profile suggests, 108 per 100 expected, above Meuse’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Vaucouleurs is Centre hospitalier Saint Charles de Toul, 11.3 mi away. 464 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 287: 62% above. Life expectancy at birth in Meuse is 85.2 years for women and 77.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw162
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Vaucouleurs · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Charles de Toul
11.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Saint Charles de Toul
85.2 · 77.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Meuse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Getting about on foot is easier in Vaucouleurs than in 77% of compared French towns
12.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 15.9%, near Meuse’s towns (15.3%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Vaucouleurs has 750 jobs for 650 working residents, 1.1 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €23,190 a year per consumption unit.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot9%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
750
jobs based in Vaucouleurs, 1.1 per working resident
15.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Vaucouleurs than in Meuse’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6% of the town. 28% of residents are 65 or over, above Meuse’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half the people of Vaucouleurs are older than 47.8.
47.8median age
VaucouleursMeuse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma33%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Meuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Per resident, Vaucouleurs sees less crime than 68% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Vaucouleurs was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 26 offenses here. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.8 violent offenses and 12 graded property crimes a year.
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Family violence11
Armed robbery0
Fraud8
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.3% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Vaucouleurs than in Meuse or compared French towns: 26 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a fifth of the total, above both Meuse’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Vaucouleurs is Remparts (restes) et tour dite des Anglais. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Château de Gombervaux: Photo: 2glebreton · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Laurent: Photo: Adidelot · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Remparts (restes) et tour dite des Anglais: Photo: Ketounette · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vaucouleurs
Are schools in Vaucouleurs good?
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vaucouleurs expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vaucouleurs grades A+ for cost of living.
About Vaucouleurs
Commune in Meuse, Grand Est
Vaucouleurs is a commune of 1,906 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
1,906 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Commercy - Void - Vaucouleurs
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.
