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A town in Moselle, Grand Est, home to 2,427 people.
Housing is within reach: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: brevet results 5.3 points below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Boulange 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.
The one thing Boulange does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boulange 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.
Boulange has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Boulange as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Barbe, in Crusnes, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boulange.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
78.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Boulange, below both Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Collège pupils travel 2.5 mi to the nearest one. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 59%−14 pts |
| Collège Lionel TerrayBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 61 | 92%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · 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
Under-15s account for nearly a fifth of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 27% of adults hold a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Boulange | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Boulange records 98 deaths per 100 expected, between Moselle’s towns (103) and compared French towns (88). 167 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 170: 2% below. The nearest emergency department to Boulange is Centre hospitalier de Briey Hopital Maillot, 8.6 mi away. There is one general practitioner 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Jobs located in Boulange: 150, for 1,100 residents in work (0.1 each). The census found 6.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Also worth knowing: nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.1 (2023–2025 average). All told, Boulange had 30 recorded offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 25.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums and heritage in and near Boulange. Best known first.
MuseumÉcomusée des mines de fer de Lorraine4.5 km north, in AumetzFortFortAumetz - B23.8 km north, in AumetzFortFortAumetz - B33.6 km north, in AumetzMuseumMuseumMaison d'Information4.6 km southeast, in FontoyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Boulange 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 Boulange yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Boulange has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Boulange is a commune of 2,427 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Haut Val d'Alzette. 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.