Dieuze grades C+ overall: better than 38% of compared French towns, and #30 of 68 in Moselle. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 21.3 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is walkability (A): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Dieuze 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dieuze.
Safety
Dieuze sees more crime per resident than 87% of compared French towns
On the Safety Grade, Dieuze ranks 66th of the 68 compared towns in Moselle. The police record for Dieuze lists 111 offenses in 2025. The town has 2,300 jobs for 1,000 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Other physical violence topped the graded crimes in Dieuze (2025).
21.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence38
Family violence29
Criminal damage25
Sexual violence12
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence13
Fraud10
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.
21.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
111
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 4.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Dieuze gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 22.7% of commuters
Unemployment stood at 13.2%, close to Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €23,140 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.9% of working residents in Dieuze at the census.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
On foot19%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,300
jobs based in Dieuze, 2.3 per working resident
13.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Dieuze costs less than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.85/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.65/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.
€9.85/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Dieuze€9.85/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.79 to €12.45/m² a month)
€7.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,270
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Dieuze: 30% are 65 or over, above Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
18% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Moselle’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population. Half the people of Dieuze are older than 51.9.
51.9median age
DieuzeMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
77.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 13 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Dieuze, 97.3% passed the bac, above Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Schools rank #52 of 78 in Moselle.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Dieuze is 16 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Moselle can expect 83.6 years and a boy 79.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Dieuze has 7 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Dieuze records 92 deaths per 100 expected, lower than Moselle’s towns (103) yet higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 405 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 506, 25% more.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Dieuze · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas
16 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 18th century. Among the classé monuments in Dieuze is Bâtiments des Salines et de l'Usine de produits chimiques. Also worth knowing: 5.5% of its homes were built before 1919, near Moselle’s towns (5.3%) and lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Charles Hermite: Charles_Hermite_circa_1901.jpg : Unknown derivative work: Quibik, Public domain · Charles-Louis de Ficquelmont: Josef Kriehuber, Public domain · Christine Herzog: ChristineHERZOG57, CC BY-SA 4.0
Dieuze’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Dieuze
Is Dieuze safe?
It grades D for safety, #66 of 68 in Moselle.
Are schools in Dieuze good?
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns and #52 of 78 in Moselle. 96% of 119 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles Hermite in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Dieuze
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Dieuze is a commune of 2,770 people in the Communauté de communes du Saulnois. 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
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.
