Is Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel a good place to live?
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Recorded crime is low: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 14 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): 42% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel 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.
Each subject compares Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel 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.
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Église d'Hattonchâtel et son cloître · Classé · Photo: Lorraine.Agostini · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel’s story
Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel counts 6 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel before 1900, the earliest Henri Clément, in 1737.
1908First protected: Église d'Hattonchâtel et son cloître
2025Most recently protected: Abbaye de Saint-Benoit-en-Woëvre
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel.
HousingCost of living A+
Homes in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel cost less than in Meuse’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,130/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.86/m² a month, about level with Meuse’s towns (€8.86/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.63/m² a month. Also worth knowing: between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 61 homes in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel.
€1,130/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel€1,130/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Meuse median€1,211/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,130/m²
61
€8.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.17 to €10.94/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.63/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,260
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Côtes de Meuse Woëvre
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel is 16.8 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel’s deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, above both Meuse’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). There are 4 general practitioners here. Women in Meuse live to 85.2 on average and men to 77.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 144 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 139: 3% above.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Pont A Mousson
18.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Verdun St Mihiel Hopital St Nicolas
85.2 · 77.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Meuse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer commuters in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Meuse’s towns or compared French towns: 7.2%
Of those in the labour force, 9.3% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €25,280 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Meuse’s towns (€22,850). Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel holds 750 jobs; 700 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
750
jobs based in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel, 1.1 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 28% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel than in Meuse or compared French towns: 38 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel is Maison dite de la Voûte. On the Culture ministry’s list, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel counts 6 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second. Homes from before 1919 make up 16% of the total, higher than both Meuse’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, higher than Meuse’s towns (14%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 25% of adults.
46.1median age
Vigneulles-lès-HattonchâtelMeuse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel counts 6 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second.
Maison dite de la Voûte: Photo: Lorraine.Agostini · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Creue: Photo: Betterave55 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château d'Hattonchâtel: Photo: Emmanuel Brunner ( Manu25 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Abbaye de Saint-Benoit-en-Woëvre: Photo: François BERNARDIN · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel
3 notable people were born in Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel
Is Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel grades A+ for cost of living.
About Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel
Commune in Meuse, Grand Est
Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel is a commune of 1,579 people in the Communauté de communes Côtes de Meuse Woëvre. 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
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.
