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It is a town of 1,179 residents in Moselle, Grand Est.
Bousbach’s strongest is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−). It also trails on schools — bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 5.9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Bousbach 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 Bousbach 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.
Bousbach 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 Bousbach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Musée régional, in Sarreguemines, 6.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bousbach.
7.2% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 2.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,860 a year per consumption unit. Also worth knowing: jobs based in Bousbach number 50, against 550 residents in work (0.1 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Bousbach is 89.5%, below Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 66% passed the bac pro, of 44 candidates. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.2 mi away.
| 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 |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, below both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Bousbach is 42.1 years old. Graduates make up 28% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Bousbach | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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.
92 deaths in Bousbach between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 100: 8% below. Life expectancy in Moselle: 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Bousbach is Centre hospitalier Marie Madeleine A Forbach Chic Unisante, 2.8 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
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
Of the graded crimes in Bousbach, armed robbery came up most often (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 4.1.
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
Family days out, museums and gardens in and near Bousbach. Best known first.
Nothing in Bousbach 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 Bousbach yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bousbach | 1,179 | — | — | B | — | C+ |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 1.5 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Œting | 2,599 | 2.2 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Spicheren | 3,143 | 3.1 | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Grosbliederstroff | 3,346 | 3.4 | — | A− | — | C |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 3.5 | C | B+ | C | D− |
| Stiring-Wendel | 10,956 | 3.5 | B− | B | B+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bousbach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns. 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
Bousbach is a commune of 1,179 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 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.