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Some 12,254 people live in this town, in Moselle, Grand Est.
A tough set of grades. Its weakest is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With a C− overall, Creutzwald is better than 16% of compared French towns. It ranks #52 of 68 in Moselle. Where it does best is cost of living (B+) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
The one thing Creutzwald does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Creutzwald 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 Creutzwald 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, 6.4 mi away.
2.3% 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 Creutzwald.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Creutzwald has 14 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Creutzwald is Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold, 6.5 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 1,780 residents of Creutzwald died, against 1,261 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 41% more. Life expectancy at birth in Moselle is 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.12/m² a month. 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.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #51 of 78 in Moselle. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques-Yves Cousteau annexe BreckelbergNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 70%−13 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Félix MayerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 176 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Creutzwald was family violence (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 297 offenses in the town in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 11 violent offenses and 13.8 graded property crimes a year.
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Under-15s account for 16% of the population. 8.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Those 65 and older account for just over a quarter of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Creutzwald | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
The census found 6.4% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €21,960 a year per consumption unit, below Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Creutzwald is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
13 notable people were born in Creutzwald.
Cindy Sander: VL-Media, CC BY 3.0 · Pierre Lang: Le Républicain Lorrain, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Daniel Jeanneteau: Lorget, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Luc Bohl: Fredamas, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creutzwald | 12,254 | — | C− | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | 2,888 | 2.2 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Carling | 3,291 | 2.6 | A | A | A+ | A− |
| L'Hôpital | 5,183 | 3.4 | B− | A | B+ | D− |
| Hombourg-Haut | 5,976 | 6.1 | C | C+ | A− | D− |
| Freyming-Merlebach | 13,266 | 6.3 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Avold | 14,755 | 6.4 | B− | B+ | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #53 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 84 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns and #51 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 98% of 176 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Félix Mayer 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
Creutzwald is a commune of 12,254 people in the Communauté de communes du Warndt. 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.