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A town in Moselle, Grand Est, home to 1,204 people.
Buhl-Lorraine’s strongest subject is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): 3% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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, INSEE census 2023. Buhl-Lorraine 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 Buhl-Lorraine 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 Buhl-Lorraine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fortifications (restes), in Sarrebourg, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buhl-Lorraine.
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 91 deaths in Buhl-Lorraine from 2016 to 2025; there were 64, 30% fewer. 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 Buhl-Lorraine is Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas, 1.4 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre MessmerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 84%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Charles ManginNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 286 | 99%+2 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 61 | 92%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Buhl-Lorraine holds 450 jobs; 600 of its residents are in work, so 0.8 jobs each. Median disposable income comes to €27,680 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults. Half of Buhl-Lorraine is older than 45.2, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Buhl-Lorraine | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Buhl-Lorraine. Best known first.
ChurchChapelle des Cordeliers de Sarrebourg2.3 km northwest, in SarrebourgFortFortFortifications de Sarrebourg1.9 km northwest, in SarrebourgMuseumMuseumMusée du pays de Sarrebourg2.1 km northwest, in SarrebourgAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Hesse3.9 km southwest, in HesseChâteauChâteauChâteau des Carrières4 km southeast, in NidervillerPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Buhl-Lorraine 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 Buhl-Lorraine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buhl-Lorraine | 1,204 | — | — | A | — | A |
| Sarrebourg | 12,170 | 1.4 | B− | B | C+ | D |
| Phalsbourg | 4,688 | 8.6 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Saverne Bas-Rhin | 11,460 | 13 | C+ | B− | D | D |
| Marmoutier Bas-Rhin | 2,699 | 14 | A | B+ | A | D |
| Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin | 2,731 | 15 | B+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Dieuze | 2,770 | 17 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Buhl-Lorraine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 286 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles Mangin 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
Buhl-Lorraine is a commune of 1,204 people in the Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. 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.