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Home to 1,601 people, this town lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Ay-sur-Moselle’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well (A−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment. Cost of living is its weak spot (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 47% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on schools (C): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 4.5 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Ay-sur-Moselle 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.
Each subject compares Ay-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.
Ay-sur-Moselle 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 Ay-sur-Moselle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Edifice dit Belle-Croix d'Ennery, in Ennery, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Ay-sur-Moselle. Best known first.
ZooParc zoologique d'Amnéville4.6 km west, in Hagondange
Theme parkWalygator Grand-Est3.9 km southwest, in Maizières-lès-Metz
AttractionThe Monster3.7 km southwest, in HagondangeAttractionAttractionAnaconda3.7 km southwest, in HagondangeAttractionAttractionTerror House4 km southwest, in Maizières-lès-MetzAttractionAttractionComet3.9 km southwest, in HagondangePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ay-sur-Moselle.
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.
99 deaths in Ay-sur-Moselle between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 136: 27% below. The nearest emergency department to Ay-sur-Moselle is Hopital clinique Claude Bernard, 8.9 mi away. 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. The town has one family doctor.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Ay-sur-Moselle, near Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 4.8 mi away. A collège lies 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 75%−8 pts |
| Lycée des métiers Gustave EiffelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 25 | 88% |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
6.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.1%. 34% of adults hold a degree, above Moselle’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Typical age in Ay-sur-Moselle: 46, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ay-sur-Moselle | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Graded property crimes ran at 10 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.9 (2023–2025 average). The police record for Ay-sur-Moselle lists 15 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime here was burglary (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 40.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Ay-sur-Moselle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ay-sur-Moselle yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ay-sur-Moselle | 1,601 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Talange | 8,120 | 1.7 | D | C | C+ | C− |
| Hagondange | 9,278 | 1.9 | C− | C | B− | D |
| Mondelange | 5,699 | 2.2 | D | C− | B− | D |
| Bousse | 3,236 | 2.4 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ |
| Maizières-lès-Metz | 11,580 | 3 | D | C− | B− | C− |
| Amnéville | 10,875 | 3.4 | D | D | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ay-sur-Moselle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. 88% of 25 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers Gustave Eiffel in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Ay-sur-Moselle is a commune of 1,601 people in the Communauté de communes Rives de Moselle. 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.