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Population 1,428: a town in Moselle, Grand Est. Over-65s are 30% of the population.
Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add walkability to its strengths: 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest subject is schools: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Abreschviller 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 2 things Abreschviller does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Abreschviller 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.
Abreschviller has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Abreschviller as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Verrerie de Lettenbach (ancienne), in Saint-Quirin, 1 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Abreschviller.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Abreschviller is 81.0%, below both Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%). There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 7.3 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Vallée de la BièvreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 81%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
France’s property-sale records don’t cover Alsace and Moselle, which keep their own land register, so the Cost Grade here uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Abreschviller is Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas, 6.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 283 residents of Abreschviller died, against 219 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Abreschviller records 99 deaths per 100 expected. In Moselle, women can expect to live 83.6 years and men 79.1 (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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, about level with Moselle’s towns (24%) and below compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15. In addition, the share aged 15 to 24 is 9.7%.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Abreschviller | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 9.8%. At the census, 16.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €26,170 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 5 offenses were recorded in Abreschviller. Violence against people averaged 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7.5. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 58.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Abreschviller. Best known first.
Nothing in Abreschviller is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Abreschviller.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abreschviller | 1,428 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Sarrebourg | 12,170 | 7.2 | B− | B | C+ | D |
| Phalsbourg | 4,688 | 11 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| La Broque Bas-Rhin | 2,625 | 12 | D | C− | B | D− |
| Marmoutier Bas-Rhin | 2,699 | 13 | A | B+ | A | D |
| Saverne Bas-Rhin | 11,460 | 14 | C+ | B− | D | D |
| Wasselonne Bas-Rhin | 5,780 | 16 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Abreschviller has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Abreschviller is a commune of 1,428 people in the Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. 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) · 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.