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A town in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, home to 2,016 people.
Crime is low: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The weak point is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,599/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays Haut Val d'Alzette. Incomes are on the low side (C−): 0.1 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Thil 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 Thil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thil 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.
Thil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Thil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Nécropole mérovingienne, in Audun-le-Tiche, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thil.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Thil is Centre hospitalier de Mont St Martin Groupe Sos Sante, 7.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 153 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 169, 10% more. Life expectancy at birth in Meurthe-et-Moselle is 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
2025 saw 13 offenses recorded in Thil. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (24.8% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Under-15s account for 19% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of residents, below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Thil | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,599/m², comes from 98 sales of houses and apartments in Thil from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses sell for €2,514/m² in the town, apartments for €2,658/m². Among the homes sold, 59% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,514/m² | 58 |
| Apartments | €2,658/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (10.9%) and above compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Théodore MonodNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 90%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Thil. Best known first.
MuseumÉglise réformée d'Audun-le-Tiche3.8 km east, in Audun-le-TicheMuseumMuseumOuvrage du Bois-du-Four4.6 km west, in Villers-la-MontagneMuseumMuseumMine d'Hussigny-Godbrange3.7 km northwest, in Hussigny-GodbrangePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Thil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Thil as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thil | 2,016 | — | — | C+ | A− | D |
| Villerupt | 10,102 | 1.2 | C | C+ | C | C |
| Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 7,356 | 2.2 | C | D | C | B− |
| Hussigny-Godbrange | 3,912 | 2.4 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Haucourt-Moulaine | 3,495 | 5.2 | B | C | A | B+ |
| Ottange Moselle | 2,960 | 5.5 | B− | C− | A+ | C− |
| Herserange | 4,170 | 6.3 | C | C+ | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,599/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Thil grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Thil is a commune of 2,016 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Haut Val d'Alzette. 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.