Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 440 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Éguelshardt is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Éguelshardt does most differently from other towns.
Éguelshardt has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Éguelshardt.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Éguelshardt is Château de Waldeck (ruines).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
A quarter of adults hold a degree. Half of Éguelshardt is older than 45.5, half younger. Over-65s are 21% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Éguelshardt | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 8.7%. The median disposable income was €23,290 a year per consumption unit, close to Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Éguelshardt has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Éguelshardt. Best known first.
Éguelshardt has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Waldeck (ruines): Photo: Klaus Nahr from Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Éguelshardt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éguelshardt | 440 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bitche | 4,966 | 3.9 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains Bas-Rhin | 4,347 | 7.9 | B | B | A− | C+ |
| Reichshoffen Bas-Rhin | 5,418 | 9.6 | B− | B− | A | C− |
| Ingwiller Bas-Rhin | 3,995 | 10 | B | C+ | B+ | C |
| Gundershoffen Bas-Rhin | 3,834 | 11 | A− | B+ | A+ | D |
| Val-de-Moder Bas-Rhin | 5,102 | 13 | B | B | A+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Éguelshardt is a commune of 440 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche. 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.