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A town of 1,095 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Béning-lès-Saint-Avold’s strongest is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 35% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (C−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Béning-lès-Saint-Avold 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 Béning-lès-Saint-Avold 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.
Béning-lès-Saint-Avold 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 Béning-lès-Saint-Avold as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Catherine, in Hombourg-Haut, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Béning-lès-Saint-Avold is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Béning-lès-Saint-Avold.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
110 deaths in Béning-lès-Saint-Avold between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 101: 9% above. In Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Béning-lès-Saint-Avold is Centre hospitalier Marie Madeleine A Forbach Chic Unisante, 4.8 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
The median disposable income was €26,550 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Moselle’s towns (€24,105). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Béning-lès-Saint-Avold went to work by public transport. 12.2% of people in the labour force have no job.
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
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.8% of residents. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, above both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold by age and the one in the middle is 50.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Béning-lès-Saint-Avold | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 89% passed the bac pro, of 124 candidates at 2 lycées. For collège, the closest is 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le HerapelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 81%−7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Pierre et Marie CurieNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 91%+11 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Ernest CuveletteBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 21 | 81%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Béning-lès-Saint-Avold. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Béning-lès-Saint-Avold.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Béning-lès-Saint-Avold is a commune of 1,095 people in the Communauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béning-lès-Saint-Avold | 1,095 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 1 | B− | B | A | C− |
| Freyming-Merlebach | 13,266 | 1.6 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 2.1 | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Hombourg-Haut | 5,976 | 2.7 | C | C+ | A− | D− |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 2.8 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Œting | 2,599 | 4.3 | — | C+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Béning-lès-Saint-Avold has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 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 58% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 9, 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.