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A town of 1,658 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Diebling 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 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Diebling 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 Diebling as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Heckenransbach, in Ernestviller, 4 mi away.
4.2% 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 Diebling.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Diebling’s deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, near Moselle’s towns (103) and higher than compared French towns (88). 145 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 141: 3% above. Also worth knowing: in Moselle, women can expect to live 83.6 years and men 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 5.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 3.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges HolderithNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 127 | 80%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
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
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 28% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Diebling | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.2% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs based in Diebling number 200, against 700 residents in work (0.3 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €27,870 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Diebling 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 Diebling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diebling | 1,658 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 3.1 | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Woustviller | 2,786 | 3.6 | — | A− | — | D |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs | 3,016 | 4 | — | A− | — | D |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 4.2 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Œting | 2,599 | 4.5 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Grosbliederstroff | 3,346 | 4.9 | — | A− | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Diebling has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Diebling is a commune of 1,658 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach Porte de France. 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.