Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 3,358 residents in Moselle, Grand Est.
A town of contrasts. Where it does best is safety: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The weak point is jobs & income (D−) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 15.1% unemployment. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking #19 of 68 in Moselle. Nationally, it does better than 52% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Cocheren 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 Cocheren 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, 3 mi away.
3.6% 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 Cocheren.
Among the graded crimes in Cocheren, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Over 2025, Cocheren logged 50 recorded offenses.
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 · When sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (16.9% 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.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
512 deaths in Cocheren between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 393: 30% above. Adjusted mortality in the town: 102 deaths for every 100 expected. Also worth knowing: 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.
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.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents. 27% of residents are 65 or over, above Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Typical age in Cocheren: 48, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Cocheren | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Cocheren is 87.2%, below both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #13 of 78 in Moselle. The closest collège is 1.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le HerapelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 81%−7 pts |
| Lycée des métiers Blaise PascalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 72 | 93%+6 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Ernest CuveletteBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 21 | 81%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The census found 5.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €23,340 a year per consumption unit, close to Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.0% of working residents in Cocheren didn’t travel to work at all.
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
Nothing in Cocheren 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 Cocheren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocheren | 3,358 | — | B− | B | A | C− |
| Freyming-Merlebach | 13,266 | 1.7 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 1.8 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 2.4 | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Hombourg-Haut | 5,976 | 3.4 | C | C+ | A− | D− |
| Œting | 2,599 | 3.4 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 3.5 | C | B+ | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #14 of 68 in Moselle.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #13 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 93% of 72 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers Blaise Pascal in 2025, 6 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
Cocheren is a commune of 3,358 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach Porte de France. 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.