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A town of 2,480 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Alsting has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Alsting does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Alsting 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Alsting as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Musée régional, in Sarreguemines, 5.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Alsting.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Alsting, 82.0% passed the brevet, below Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The closest lycée for the general bac is 4 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Val de SarreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 82%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 230 residents of Alsting died, against 215 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. The nearest emergency department to Alsting is Centre hospitalier Marie Madeleine A Forbach Chic Unisante, 4 mi away.
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.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.5% of commuters at the census. 150 jobs are based in Alsting, for 1,150 working residents (0.1 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €29,770 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · 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
People aged 15 to 24 are 7.5% of the population. Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents. Graduates make up 26% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Alsting | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 36% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Alsting is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Alsting.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsting | 2,480 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Grosbliederstroff | 3,346 | 1.9 | — | A− | — | C |
| Spicheren | 3,143 | 2 | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 2.9 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Stiring-Wendel | 10,956 | 3.4 | B− | B | B+ | D− |
| Œting | 2,599 | 4 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 4.8 | C | B+ | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Alsting has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 3.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Alsting is a commune of 2,480 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach Porte de France. 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 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.