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Population 1,015: a town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Prices are modest for what you get (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.1 jobs per working resident; 12.5% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Diesen 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 Diesen does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Diesen 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.
Diesen 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 Diesen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle des Comtes de Créhange, in Saint-Avold, 5.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Diesen.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 101 deaths in Diesen from 2016 to 2025; there were 123, 22% more. The nearest emergency department to Diesen is Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold, 5 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Of those in the labour force, 12.5% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €26,730 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Moselle’s towns (€24,105). No commute at all: 1.3% of working residents in Diesen at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · 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
Among adults, 23% have a degree. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Diesen | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BergpfadNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 87%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Félix MayerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 176 | 98%+3 pts |
| Collège François RabelaisBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 78 | 81%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, gardens and heritage in and near Diesen. Best known first.
Nothing in Diesen 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 Diesen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diesen | 1,015 | — | — | A− | — | D− |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | 2,888 | 1.2 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Creutzwald | 12,254 | 1.8 | C− | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Carling | 3,291 | 1.8 | A | A | A+ | A− |
| L'Hôpital | 5,183 | 2.7 | B− | A | B+ | D− |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 3,572 | 4.7 | A+ | A− | A+ | D |
| Saint-Avold | 14,755 | 4.9 | B− | B+ | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Diesen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 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 40% of compared French towns. 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
Diesen is a commune of 1,015 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Avold Synergie. 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.