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1,194 people live in this town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Cost of living is its strong suit: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (B+). The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Courcelles-sur-Nied 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 Courcelles-sur-Nied does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Courcelles-sur-Nied 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.
Courcelles-sur-Nied has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Courcelles-sur-Nied as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Aube, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Courcelles-sur-Nied.
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
Courcelles-sur-Nied holds 100 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. 7.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8.4% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Moselle: 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 75 residents of Courcelles-sur-Nied died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.8% of residents, lower than both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 16% of the town. Typical age in Courcelles-sur-Nied: 45.6, the median.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Courcelles-sur-Nied | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Courcelles-sur-Nied. Best known first.
Nothing in Courcelles-sur-Nied 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 Courcelles-sur-Nied 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles-sur-Nied | 1,194 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Courcelles-Chaussy | 3,006 | 5.3 | A | A− | A− | C− |
| Metz | 122,572 | 6.1 | D | C− | D | C |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz | 3,554 | 6.5 | C− | D− | C− | C |
| Marly | 10,286 | 6.7 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
| Montigny-lès-Metz | 21,718 | 7.1 | C− | C− | B | C |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 4,102 | 7.9 | C | C− | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Courcelles-sur-Nied has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Courcelles-sur-Nied is a commune of 1,194 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Chemin-Pays de Pange. 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.