Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,236 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Bousse grades B+ overall: better than 72% of compared French towns, and #12 of 68 in Moselle. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 1.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Bousse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bousse 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 Bousse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hubert, in Gandrange, 3.3 mi away.
1.7% 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 Bousse.
On the Safety Grade, Bousse ranks 2nd of the 68 compared towns in Moselle. Recorded offenses in the town came to 41 in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was burglary (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (24.3% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Bousse is 77.0%, below Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. A collège lies 1.6 mi away. The town’s schools place #62 of 78 in Moselle on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 137 | 90%+1 pt |
| Lycée des métiers Gustave EiffelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 25 | 88% |
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 258 deaths in Bousse from 2016 to 2025; there were 209, 19% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bousse is Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville, 6.9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Bousse can choose among 4 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Moselle is 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The unemployment rate comes to 5.6%. At the census, 8.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 250 jobs are based in Bousse, for 1,550 working residents (0.2 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town. Residents of Bousse have a median age of 44.5. Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Bousse | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Bousse. Best known first.
Nothing in Bousse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bousse.
Antoine Morlot: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bousse | 3,236 | — | B+ | C | A+ | B+ |
| Guénange | 8,083 | 1.5 | D− | C− | B | D |
| Mondelange | 5,699 | 1.9 | D | C− | B− | D |
| Bertrange | 2,941 | 2.5 | B− | D | A+ | C |
| Hagondange | 9,278 | 2.5 | C− | C | B− | D |
| Uckange | 7,021 | 2.8 | D− | C− | C | D |
| Gandrange | 3,031 | 3.1 | C+ | C | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #62 of 78 in Moselle. 88% of 25 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers Gustave Eiffel in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Bousse is a commune of 3,236 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Arc Mosellan. 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.
