Some subjects shine; others lag. Work and incomes lag: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 16.1% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: just over two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Crime is low: an average of 6.8 recorded violent incidents and 11.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade lands at C, #34 of 68 in Moselle. That leaves it better than just over a third of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for cost of living and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Ars-sur-Moselle 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ars-sur-Moselle.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Ars-sur-Moselle run above what its ages would predict: 111 per 100 expected, more than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
424 deaths in Ars-sur-Moselle between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 382: 11% above. Life expectancy at birth in Moselle is 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 4 GPs practise in the town.
+11%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted111
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Ars-sur-Moselle · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Regional D Instruction des Armees Legouest
6.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital clinique Claude Bernard
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Ars-sur-Moselle, 16.1%, runs above Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €23,950 a year per consumption unit, close to Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 15.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Ars-sur-Moselle didn’t travel to work at all.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Public transport9%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,050
jobs based in Ars-sur-Moselle, 0.6 per working resident
16.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Ars-sur-Moselle ranks below 65% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Police and gendarmerie figures for Ars-sur-Moselle show 70 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
6.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage43
Family violence13
Other physical violence7
Burglary7
Fraud36
Drug use23
Theft without violence21
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.
6.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
70
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 5.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
3 historic monuments in Ars-sur-Moselle, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Ars-sur-Moselle: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Aqueduc gallo-romain (également sur commune de Jouy-aux-Arches). Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity. Before 1919: that is when nearly one in ten homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Ars-sur-Moselle than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, about level with Moselle’s towns (24%) and below compared French towns (30%). Ars-sur-Moselle has a median age of 44.5 years. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town.
44.5median age
Ars-sur-MoselleMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Ars-sur-Moselle is €11.38/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.82/m² a month. 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.
€11.38/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Ars-sur-Moselle€11.38/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€11.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.00 to €14.37/m² a month)
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Metz Métropole
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ars-sur-Moselle
Is Ars-sur-Moselle safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #27 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ars-sur-Moselle good?
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #27 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Ars-sur-Moselle
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Ars-sur-Moselle is a commune of 4,616 people in the Metz Métropole. 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
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.
