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Diffembach-lès-HellimerMoselle

The town, home to 359 people, lies in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Diffembach-lès-Hellimer a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Diffembach-lès-Hellimer is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Diffembach-lès-Hellimer’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Diffembach-lès-Hellimer’s story

No historic monuments in Diffembach-lès-Hellimer

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Munster, 6.7 mi away.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Diffembach-lès-Hellimer.

Who lives here

Diffembach-lès-Hellimer has fewer young adults than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 9.6% are 15 to 24

Half the people of Diffembach-lès-Hellimer are older than 44.2. The share of residents under 15 is 16%. Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population.

44.2median age
Diffembach-lès-HellimerMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Diffembach-lès-Hellimer
Diffembach-lès-HellimerMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1516%17%17%
15–249.6%11%11%
25–4425%24%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+23%22%22%
No diploma20%23%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education24%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Diffembach-lès-Hellimer has lower unemployment than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 7.2%

At the census, 9.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Diffembach-lès-Hellimer has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €25,830 a year per consumption unit.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Diffembach-lès-Hellimer, 0.5 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Diffembach-lès-Hellimer than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.02/m² a month

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

€8.02/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Diffembach-lès-Hellimer€8.02/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€8.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.45 to €9.98/m² a month)
€8.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Diffembach-lès-Hellimer

10pages on Diffembach-lès-Hellimer

Landmarks

Nothing in Diffembach-lès-Hellimer is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Diffembach-lès-Hellimer

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Diffembach-lès-Hellimer yet.

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Diffembach-lès-Hellimer’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 →
Puttelange-aux-LacsMacherenFarébersvillerSarralbeValmontWoustvillerPuttelange-aux-LacsMacherenFarébersvillerSarralbeValmontWoustvillerDiffembach-lès-Hellimer
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Diffembach-lès-Hellimer359—————
Puttelange-aux-Lacs3,0164.9—A−—D
Macheren2,8147.8—A−—C
Farébersviller5,2248C−BB+D
Sarralbe4,3648.1B−A−B+D
Valmont3,0418.5A−AA−C−
Woustviller2,7868.6—A−—D

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

About Diffembach-lès-Hellimer

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Diffembach-lès-Hellimer is a commune of 359 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

Population
359 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Avold Synergie
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.8 km²)
INSEE code
57178

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.