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CoumeMoselle

A town of 593 in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Coume a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Coume out for now.

Coume’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Coume’s story

No historic monuments in Coume

The Culture ministry lists no building in Coume as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ossuaire de Welling (ancien), in Denting, 1.7 mi away.

17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coume.

Who lives here

Children make up only 14% of Coume, fewer than in Moselle’s towns and across compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). A fifth of adults hold a degree. Line up the people of Coume by age and the one in the middle is 49.4.

49.4median age
CoumeMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Coume
CoumeMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1514%17%17%
15–249.4%11%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+23%22%22%
No diploma22%23%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education20%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Coume has lower unemployment than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9%

Coume has 50 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.1 per worker. The census found 2.0% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €27,470 a year per consumption unit, above both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970).

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Coume, 0.1 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Coume costs less than in Moselle’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.37/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €8.76/m² a month.

€9.37/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Coume€9.37/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.52 to €11.68/m² a month)
€8.76/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Ouvrage de Coume and 7 more in and around Coume

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Coume. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Coume

11pages on Coume

Landmarks

Nothing in Coume is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Coume

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Coume yet.

How we find them →

Coume’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Moselle →
Boulay-MoselleHam-sous-VarsbergCreutzwaldLongeville-lès-Saint-AvoldCarlingBouzonvilleBoulay-MoselleHam-sous-VarsbergCreutzwaldLongeville-lès-Saint-AvoldCarlingBouzonvilleCoume
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Coume593—————
Boulay-Moselle5,4343.6A−B+BD
Ham-sous-Varsberg2,8883.9—B+—D
Creutzwald12,2545.6C−B+C+D−
Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold3,5726.5A+A−A+D
Carling3,2916.9AAA+A−
Bouzonville3,7217B−A−B−D−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Coume

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Coume is a commune of 593 people in the Communauté de communes Houve-Pays Boulageois. 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

Population
593 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Houve-Pays Boulageois
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
5.8 sq mi (14.9 km²)
INSEE code
57154

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.