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Home to 3,824 people, this town lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. With a C+ overall, Clouange is better than just over a third of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #32 of 68 in Moselle. It is easy to get around without a car: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, C+ for schools and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Clouange does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Clouange 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 Clouange as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hubert, in Gandrange, 1.5 mi away.
4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near Clouange. Best known first.
ZooParc zoologique d'Amnéville3.7 km southeast, in HagondangeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Justemont2 km northeast, in Vitry-sur-OrneAquariumAquariumAquarium d'Amnéville3.4 km southeast, in AmnévilleMuseumMuseumArchéosite Celte4.2 km east, in MondelangeAttractionAttractionArènes des Oiseaux3.6 km southeast, in HagondangeAttractionAttractionBase Nautique Ballastière4.5 km east, in HagondangePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clouange.
At the census, 8.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Just over a tenth of the labour force are out of work. After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,890 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Clouange is 89.0%, below both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 233 candidates at 2 lycées. Its collèges and lycées rank #42 of 78 in Moselle on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Julie DaubiéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 79%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Julie DaubiéNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 265 | 98%+3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean MacéBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 109 | 82%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The police record for Clouange lists 48 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 4.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The share of residents under 15 is 16%. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, near both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Clouange by age and the one in the middle is 44.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Clouange | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 388 deaths in Clouange from 2016 to 2025; there were 407, 5% more. The nearest emergency department to Clouange is Centre hospitalier de Briey Hopital Maillot, 7.3 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
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.
Nothing in Clouange 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 Clouange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clouange | 3,824 | — | C+ | C+ | B− | B− |
| Rombas | 9,371 | 0.9 | C | C+ | B | D |
| Vitry-sur-Orne | 2,884 | 0.9 | C− | C− | A− | C− |
| Amnéville | 10,875 | 1.7 | D | D | C+ | D |
| Gandrange | 3,031 | 1.8 | C+ | C | A | C− |
| Moyeuvre-Grande | 7,311 | 2.5 | C− | B+ | B− | D |
| Fameck | 14,788 | 3 | D− | C− | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #37 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #42 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 98% of 265 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Julie Daubié 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
Clouange is a commune of 3,824 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Orne Moselle. 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.