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This town in Moselle, Grand Est has a population of 6,166.
Good value, with catches elsewhere. Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is a strength too: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 23.1% unemployment. Overall, that makes a B, good for #16 of 68 in Moselle. It comes out better than 55% of compared French towns. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above 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 and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Behren-lès-Forbach does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Behren-lès-Forbach 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 Behren-lès-Forbach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Musée régional, in Sarreguemines, 7.3 mi away.
0.8% 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 Behren-lès-Forbach.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (76 places) counts its residents as Behren-lès-Forbach’s; allowing for it, deaths were 5% above expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 653 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 780, 19% 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. 2 GPs practise here.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €17,470 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Behren-lès-Forbach went to work by public transport.
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.
House rents are put at about €9.68/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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Behren-lès-Forbach, 90.1% passed the bac, about level with Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #8 of 78 in Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 87%+13 pts |
| Lycée Jean MoulinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 186 | 95%+2 pts |
| Collège Pierre AdtBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 86 | 87%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Behren-lès-Forbach was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Behren-lès-Forbach show 126 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.8 violent offenses and 12.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · When sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
20% are under 15, above both Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Behren-lès-Forbach is older than 41.5, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Behren-lès-Forbach | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 45% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 12% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Behren-lès-Forbach. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau Barrabino3.6 km northwest, in ForbachAttractionAttractionPuits Sainte-Marthe3.6 km north, in Stiring-WendelTheme parkTheme parkParc Accrobranche2.9 km northwest, in ForbachArt galleryArt galleryGalerie d'exposition de la Médiathèque3.4 km northwest, in ForbachArt galleryArt galleryGalerie Têt'de l'Art3.2 km northwest, in ForbachPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Behren-lès-Forbach is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Behren-lès-Forbach.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | — | B | A− | B− | D |
| Œting | 2,599 | 1.1 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Spicheren | 3,143 | 2 | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Stiring-Wendel | 10,956 | 2.1 | B− | B | B+ | D− |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 2.2 | C | B+ | C | D− |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 3 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Grosbliederstroff | 3,346 | 4 | — | A− | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #37 of 68 in Moselle.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns and #8 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 95% of 186 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Moulin in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Behren-lès-Forbach is a commune of 6,166 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 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.