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A town of 103 in Meuse, Grand Est.

Is Watronville a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Watronville

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

The nearest classé monument is Château d'Hannoncelles, in Ville-en-Woëvre, 4.4 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Watronville.

Who lives here

Children make up only 12% of Watronville, fewer than in Meuse’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Meuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Among adults, 29% have a degree. Residents of Watronville have a median age of 50.5.

50.5median age
WatronvilleMeuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Watronville
WatronvilleMeuse medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–249.5%11%11%
25–4427%22%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+25%25%22%
No diploma22%24%19%
CAP or BEP28%29%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education29%20%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Watronville are out of work than in Meuse’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.5%

1.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. At the census, 7.3% of working residents in Watronville didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Watronville, 0.2 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Watronville than in Meuse’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.30/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 2 homes were sold in Watronville.

€8.30/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Watronville€8.30/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Meuse median€8.86/m²
€8.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.58 to €10.48/m² a month)
€8.28/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 Watronville

11pages on Watronville

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Watronville

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

How we find them →

Watronville’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 →
ÉtainVerdunBelleville-sur-MeuseThierville-sur-MeuseBoulignyJarnyÉtainVerdunBelleville-sur-MeuseThierville-sur-MeuseBoulignyJarnyWatronville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Watronville103—————
Étain3,3756.9C−AC−C−
Verdun16,8906.9B−A−D−C+
Belleville-sur-Meuse3,0137.4B+BB+C
Thierville-sur-Meuse3,1728.5A−B−A−C
Bouligny2,50714BAA+D
Jarny Meurthe-et-Moselle8,05015CB+C−D

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

About Watronville

Commune in Meuse, Grand Est

Watronville is a commune of 103 people in the Communauté de communes du Territoire de Fresnes-en-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

Population
103 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre
Département
Meuse (55)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.5 sq mi (6.6 km²)
INSEE code
55579

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.