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A town of 2,349 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Basse-Ham has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 51% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Basse-Ham does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Basse-Ham 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 Basse-Ham as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Grange, in Manom, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Basse-Ham.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €12.49/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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles PéguyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 90%−2 pts |
| Collège Jean MermozBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 176 | 90%+2 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.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Basse-Ham records 96 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 291 residents of Basse-Ham died, against 250 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. At birth, a girl in Moselle can expect 83.6 years and a boy 79.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Basse-Ham can choose among 2 GPs.
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.
Unemployment stood at 7.6%, below both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.1% of working residents in Basse-Ham didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried nearly a tenth of working residents in Basse-Ham to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.7% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 28% of adults. Half of Basse-Ham is older than 47.9, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Basse-Ham | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and family days out in and near Basse-Ham. Best known first.
Nothing in Basse-Ham is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Basse-Ham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basse-Ham | 2,349 | — | — | D | — | C |
| Cattenom | 2,580 | 1.8 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Manom | 3,137 | 2.6 | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Yutz | 17,391 | 2.7 | C | D | B− | C+ |
| Hettange-Grande | 7,772 | 4.2 | A− | C+ | A | C+ |
| Thionville | 42,658 | 4.2 | C− | D− | C− | C− |
| Bertrange | 2,941 | 5.2 | B− | D | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Basse-Ham has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Basse-Ham is a commune of 2,349 people in the Thionville Fensch Agglomération. 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.