Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,361 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Dabo has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 0% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 7 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Dabo does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dabo 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Dabo as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Camp romain (vestiges), in Haselbourg, 1.9 mi away.
18% 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 Dabo.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 23 offenses in the graded categories in Dabo in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Dabo, family violence came up most often (2025). For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 23.7% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Dabo is below both Moselle’s towns (€12.17/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Dabo records 100 deaths per 100 expected, close to Moselle’s towns (103) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 289 residents of Dabo died, against 267 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
In the comparison, Dabo comes below both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Dabo has 400 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Dabo, that is below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 12% of residents are children under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Dabo | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Dabo. Best known first.
Nothing in Dabo is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Dabo as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dabo | 2,361 | — | — | A | A | C− |
| Phalsbourg | 4,688 | 7.1 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Marmoutier Bas-Rhin | 2,699 | 7.2 | A | B+ | A | D |
| Saverne Bas-Rhin | 11,460 | 8.3 | C+ | B− | D | D |
| Sarrebourg | 12,170 | 9.4 | B− | B | C+ | D |
| Wasselonne Bas-Rhin | 5,780 | 10 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Marlenheim Bas-Rhin | 4,185 | 13 | A | C− | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Dabo is a commune of 2,361 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Phalsbourg. 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.