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Home to 5,224 people, this town lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Some subjects shine; others lag. The weak point is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 22.5% unemployment. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 7.6 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #49 of 68 in Moselle. On that grade it does better than just over a fifth of compared French towns. Schools lag: brevet results 3.3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Farébersviller does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Farébersviller 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 Farébersviller as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Catherine, in Hombourg-Haut, 4.1 mi away.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Farébersviller.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Farébersviller. Life expectancy in Moselle: 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 693 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 500: 39% above.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.3 mi to the nearest lycée. Schools rank #67 of 78 in Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges HolderithNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 127 | 80%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €18,300 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970). One in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Farébersviller were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 86 offenses locally in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 6.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, lower than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 12% of residents. One measure of family life: 20% of residents are under 15.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Farébersviller | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 39% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
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
Nothing in Farébersviller 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 Farébersviller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | — | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 2.4 | B− | B | A | C− |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 3.5 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Freyming-Merlebach | 13,266 | 3.7 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
| Œting | 2,599 | 4.1 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 4.6 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Hombourg-Haut | 5,976 | 4.6 | C | C+ | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #23 of 68 in Moselle.
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns and #67 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Farébersviller is a commune of 5,224 people in the Communauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach. 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 November 4, 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.