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241 people call this town in Meuse, Grand Est home.

Is Villécloye a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Villécloye

The Culture ministry lists no building in Villécloye as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église de la Ville-Haute, in Montmédy, 1.7 mi away.

51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villécloye.

Who lives here

Few people in Villécloye are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in Meuse’s towns and compared French towns

18% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Meuse’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. Graduates make up 26% of adults.

46.3median age
VillécloyeMeuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Villécloye
VillécloyeMeuse medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–248.3%11%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+18%25%22%
No diploma17%24%19%
CAP or BEP32%29%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education26%20%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Villécloye are out of work than in Meuse’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.7%

Median disposable income comes to €26,490 a year per consumption unit. 6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Meuse’s towns (22.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 1.8% of working residents in Villécloye didn’t travel to work at all.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
0
jobs based in Villécloye, 0.1 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,490
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

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest collège is 0.9 mi away. General-bac pupils go 9.1 mi to the nearest lycée.

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Villécloye90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean d'AllamontNearest collègeCollègeCollège5090%+2 pts
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
0.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent in Villécloye is €9.84/m² a month, against €8.86/m² in Meuse’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

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

House rents are put at about €7.36/m² a month. 14 houses and apartments changed hands in Villécloye from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Villécloye€9.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Meuse median€8.86/m²
€9.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.84 to €12.34/m² a month)
€7.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Citadelle de Montmédy and 6 more in and around Villécloye

Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Villécloye. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Villécloye

13pages on Villécloye

Landmarks

Nothing in Villécloye is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Villécloye

2 notable people were born in Villécloye.

Their page →

Villécloye’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 →
LonguyonGorcyCarignanCosnes-et-RomainLexyRéhonLonguyonGorcyCarignanCosnes-et-RomainLexyRéhonVillécloye
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Villécloye241—————
Longuyon Meurthe-et-Moselle5,13410CAC+D
Gorcy Meurthe-et-Moselle2,97113B+C−AA−
Carignan Ardennes2,68013CA+C+D
Cosnes-et-Romain Meurthe-et-Moselle2,80215A−C−A−B+
Lexy Meurthe-et-Moselle3,90415C+DC+C−
Réhon Meurthe-et-Moselle3,86316C+C+BB−

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

About Villécloye

Commune in Meuse, Grand Est

Villécloye is a commune of 241 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Montmédy. 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
241 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Montmédy
Département
Meuse (55)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.1 km²)
INSEE code
55554

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.