Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,318 residents, it is a town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Cost of living is its strong suit: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 36% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health (D−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns (C−): brevet results a point below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Farschviller has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Farschviller 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.
Farschviller has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Farschviller as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Heckenransbach, in Ernestviller, 4.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Farschviller.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 160 residents of Farschviller died, against 124 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. Life expectancy in Moselle: 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Farschviller is Centre hospitalier Marie Madeleine A Forbach Chic Unisante, 6.2 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 5.9 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away.
| 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
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.4% of commuters travelled at the census. Farschviller holds 50 jobs; 600 of its residents are in work, so 0.1 jobs each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,030 a year per consumption unit.
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.
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
Degrees are held by 26% of adults. Line up the people of Farschviller by age and the one in the middle is 47.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Farschviller | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Farschviller 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 Farschviller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farschviller | 1,318 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 1.9 | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs | 3,016 | 3.1 | — | A− | — | D |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 4.4 | B− | B | A | C− |
| Woustviller | 2,786 | 4.9 | — | A− | — | D |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 5.3 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Œting | 2,599 | 5.4 | — | C+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Farschviller has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Farschviller is a commune of 1,318 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach Porte de France. 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.