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5,434 people call this town in Moselle, Grand Est home.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. School results are strong: bac results 8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Overall, Boulay-Moselle earns an A−, better than just over four fifths of compared French towns. That places it #9 of 68 in Moselle. Add cost of living to its strengths — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The trade-off is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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 Boulay-Moselle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boulay-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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Boulay-Moselle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ossuaire de Welling (ancien), in Denting, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boulay-Moselle.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #1 of 78 in Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor DemangeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 96%+4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Inter-entreprises PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 24 | 96%+8 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.
The nearest emergency department to Boulay-Moselle is Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold, 11.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 822 residents of Boulay-Moselle died, against 551 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 49% more. Also worth knowing: women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Moselle town has 8 family doctors.
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.
Boulay-Moselle holds 2,250 jobs; 2,300 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. The census found one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment runs at 10.5%.
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
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 9.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 9.3. 2025 saw 99 offenses recorded in Boulay-Moselle. Of the graded crimes here, family violence 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 vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 3.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Graduates make up 27% of adults. Half the people of Boulay-Moselle are older than 41.7. One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Boulay-Moselle | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Boulay-Moselle. Best known first.
Nothing in Boulay-Moselle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
13 notable people were born in Boulay-Moselle.
Julien Boutter: Ikimashoo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Philippe Caillet: Kaizer, Public domain · Beer Léon Fould: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Alexis Weber: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Bernard Aubertin: Alexandre Aubertin, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulay-Moselle | 5,434 | — | A− | B+ | B | D |
| Courcelles-Chaussy | 3,006 | 6.6 | A | A− | A− | C− |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | 2,888 | 7.2 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 3,572 | 8 | A+ | A− | A+ | D |
| Bouzonville | 3,721 | 8.1 | B− | A− | B− | D− |
| Creutzwald | 12,254 | 9.1 | C− | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Créhange | 3,691 | 9.2 | B+ | A− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #30 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns and #1 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Boulay-Moselle is a commune of 5,434 people in the Communauté de communes Houve-Pays Boulageois. 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.