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A town of 1,828 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Distroff has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Distroff does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Distroff 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 Distroff as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont-écluse Sud du Couronné d'Yutz, in Thionville, 4.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Distroff.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 3 mi away. General-bac pupils go 4.9 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la CannerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
200 deaths in Distroff between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 168: 19% above. In Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Distroff is Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville, 5.9 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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.49/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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The unemployment rate comes to 7.1%. 8.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Distroff has 150 jobs for 800 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 19%, higher than both Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Distroff is 43.6 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Distroff | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Distroff 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 Distroff yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Distroff has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Distroff is a commune of 1,828 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Arc Mosellan. 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.