Cattenom grades A+ overall: better than 96% of compared French towns, and #1 of 68 in Moselle. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 2.7 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cattenom 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Cattenom runs lower than in 85% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Cattenom were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 24 offenses in the town in 2025. The town has 3,400 jobs for 1,250 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Violence against people ran at 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9 (2023–2025 average).
5.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage12
Family violence6
Theft from vehicles6
Armed robbery0
Fraud8
Theft without violence7
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.
5.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
17.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 17.2% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Incomes in Cattenom run higher than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: a median €32,900 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 7.4%, below both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 7.0% of working residents in Cattenom to work at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport7%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,400
jobs based in Cattenom, 2.7 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,900
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 75% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Cattenom are 65 or over: 18%, below Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, higher than both Moselle’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Cattenom is 41.8 years old. People aged 15 to 24 are 10% of the population.
41.8median age
CattenomMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Cattenom records 94 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 103 in Moselle’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Cattenom has 2 family doctors. At birth, a girl in Moselle can expect 83.6 years and a boy 79.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: 271 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 227: 19% above.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Cattenom · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville
4.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cattenom
Is Cattenom safe?
It grades A for safety, #16 of 68 in Moselle.
Are schools in Cattenom good?
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #25 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Cattenom
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Cattenom is a commune of 2,580 people in the Communauté de communes de Cattenom et Environs. 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
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.
