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A town of 344 in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Dolving a good place to live?

Dolving is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Villa gallo-romaine de Saint-Ulrich
Villa gallo-romaine de Saint-Ulrich · Classé · Photo: Aimelaime · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dolving’s story

Dolving in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Dolving: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1978.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1978First protected: Pont sur le Landbach
  • 1988Most recently protected: Villa gallo-romaine de Saint-Ulrich
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dolving.

History

Dolving keeps more of its old housing than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Dolving is Villa gallo-romaine de Saint-Ulrich.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Antiquity
oldest protected part
1978
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in Dolving are 15 to 24: 7.8%, fewer than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns

18% of adults hold a degree. The age that splits Dolving in two is 44.7. People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike.

44.7median age
DolvingMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Dolving
DolvingMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1516%17%17%
15–247.8%11%11%
25–4427%24%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+20%22%22%
No diploma17%23%19%
CAP or BEP37%30%26%
Baccalauréat24%17%18%
Higher education18%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Dolving has lower unemployment than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4%

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.4% of commuters travelled at the census. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,500 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.5% of working residents in Dolving didn’t travel to work at all.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport4%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
0
jobs based in Dolving, 0.1 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,500
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The bac pass rate near Dolving is 98.5%, above both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 3.1 mi to the nearest one. At the general lycée, 99% of 286 candidates passed the bac, 2 points above the expected rate.

99%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Dolving89.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Dolving98.5%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège ManginNearest collègeCollègeCollège12589%±0 pts
Lycée polyvalent Charles ManginNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée28699%+2 pts
99%
passed the general and technological bac, +2 pts against the expected rate
95%
passed the vocational bac, +8 pts against the expected rate
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
3.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Dolving costs less than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.64/m² a month

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

€9.64/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Dolving€9.64/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.55 to €12.31/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

Nearby attractions

Villa gallo-romaine de Saint-Ulrich and 7 more in and around Dolving

Heritage and museums in and near Dolving. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Dolving

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Dolving: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Villa gallo-romaine de Saint-Ulrich: Photo: Aimelaime · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Dolving

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Dolving yet.

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Dolving’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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SarrebourgPhalsbourgSarre-UnionDieuzeSarralbeSaverneSarrebourgPhalsbourgSarre-UnionDieuzeSarralbeSaverneDolving
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Dolving344—————
Sarrebourg12,1703.1B−BC+D
Phalsbourg4,68811B+B+BC
Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin2,73112B+A+C−D
Dieuze2,77014C+A−DC+
Sarralbe4,36415B−A−B+D
Saverne Bas-Rhin11,46016C+B−DD

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

About Dolving

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Dolving is a commune of 344 people in the Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. 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
344 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.6 sq mi (6.7 km²)
INSEE code
57180

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.