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With 3,291 residents, it is a town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Crime is low: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Carling grades A overall and ranks #4 of 68 in Moselle. That leaves it better than 88% of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. It lags on schools as well: bac results 0.7 points above the expected rate; brevet results 6.2 points below the expected rate.
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 Carling does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Carling 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 Carling as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Catherine, in Hombourg-Haut, 4 mi away.
4.1% 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 Carling.
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.
Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 361 deaths in Carling from 2016 to 2025; there were 458, 27% more. The nearest emergency department to Carling is Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold, 3.9 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 70% passed the bac pro, of 54 candidates. Results rank its schools #47 of 78 in Moselle. The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François RabelaisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 81%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Félix MayerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 176 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,100 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 2.2% of Carling’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
24% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. The median resident of Carling is 46.6 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Carling | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Carling is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Carling as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carling | 3,291 | — | A | A | A+ | A− |
| L'Hôpital | 5,183 | 0.9 | B− | A | B+ | D− |
| Creutzwald | 12,254 | 2.6 | C− | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | 2,888 | 3 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Hombourg-Haut | 5,976 | 3.6 | C | C+ | A− | D− |
| Saint-Avold | 14,755 | 3.9 | B− | B+ | C− | C |
| Freyming-Merlebach | 13,266 | 4.2 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #6 of 68 in Moselle.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #47 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 98% of 176 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Félix Mayer in 2025, 3 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
Carling is a commune of 3,291 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Avold Synergie. 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.