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This town in Moselle, Grand Est has a population of 2,296.
Prices are modest for what you get (A+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 27% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add walkability to its strengths: 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are weaker too: brevet results 4 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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Château-Salins 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.
The one thing Château-Salins does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Château-Salins 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.
Château-Salins 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 Château-Salins as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monnaie épiscopale (ancienne), in Vic-sur-Seille, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Château-Salins.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Château-Salins has 4 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Château-Salins is Centre hospitalier de Luneville, 16.2 mi away. 542 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 312: 74% above. Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
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
Unemployment stands at 14.5%. At the census, 16.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 850 residents in work, Château-Salins has 1,250 jobs: 1.5 each.
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.
86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Château-Salins, above Moselle’s towns (84.3%) but below compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 10.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la PassepierreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 86%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Château-Salins were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The police record for Château-Salins lists 60 offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.9 cases of violence against people and 17.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · Small counts of vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up 24% of the town, above both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population. Ages in Château-Salins split evenly at 43.9: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Château-Salins | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Château-Salins. Best known first.
Nothing in Château-Salins is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Château-Salins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Salins | 2,296 | — | — | A+ | C | D− |
| Morhange | 3,308 | 9.4 | D | B− | C− | C |
| Dieuze | 2,770 | 9.9 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Seichamps Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5,165 | 13 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Pulnoy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5,099 | 14 | A− | C− | A− | B |
| Essey-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8,670 | 15 | C+ | C+ | C | C− |
| Saulxures-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4,344 | 15 | A− | C | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Château-Salins is a commune of 2,296 people in the Communauté de communes du Saulnois. 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.