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DannelbourgMoselle

The town has 505 residents and lies in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Dannelbourg a good place to live?

Dannelbourg is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

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

No historic monuments in Dannelbourg

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

The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château, in Lutzelbourg, 1.1 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dannelbourg.

Who lives here

Dannelbourg has fewer older residents than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 19% are 65 or over

One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.6%, below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Dannelbourg has a median age of 46.3 years.

46.3median age
DannelbourgMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Dannelbourg
DannelbourgMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1516%17%17%
15–249.6%11%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+19%22%22%
No diploma20%23%19%
CAP or BEP31%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education25%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Dannelbourg, 7.1%, runs below Moselle’s towns and compared French towns

Dannelbourg holds 50 jobs; 250 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €27,520 a year per consumption unit, above both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.7% of commuters got to work without a car.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport6%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Dannelbourg, 0.2 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

86.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 6.6 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.1 mi off.

100%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Dannelbourg86.5%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Dannelbourg100.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Erckmann-ChatrianNearest collègeCollègeCollège13281%−10 pts
Lycée Erckmann ChatrianNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée80100%+4 pts
Lycée Saint-Antoine PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée61100%+1 pt

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100%
passed the general and technological bac, +2.7 pts against the expected rate
86.5%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −6.6 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Dannelbourg costs less than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.10/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €9.39/m² a month.

€9.10/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Dannelbourg€9.10/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.38 to €11.21/m² a month)
€9.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Plan incliné de Saint-Louis-Arzviller and 7 more in and around Dannelbourg

Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Dannelbourg. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Dannelbourg

12pages on Dannelbourg

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Dannelbourg

One notable person was born in Dannelbourg.

Their page →

Dannelbourg’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 →
PhalsbourgSaverneMarmoutierSarrebourgDettwillerWasselonnePhalsbourgSaverneMarmoutierSarrebourgDettwillerWasselonneDannelbourg
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Dannelbourg505—————
Phalsbourg4,6881.7B+B+BC
Saverne Bas-Rhin11,4605.8C+B−DD
Marmoutier Bas-Rhin2,6997.3AB+AD
Sarrebourg12,1708.3B−BC+D
Dettwiller Bas-Rhin2,55811—B−—C−
Wasselonne Bas-Rhin5,78012A−BB+C−

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

About Dannelbourg

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Dannelbourg is a commune of 505 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

Population
505 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Phalsbourg
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.9 km²)
INSEE code
57169

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.