Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Its weakest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Faulquemont earns a C, which places it #35 of 68 in Moselle. Set against the rest, it does better than a third of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Faulquemont 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Faulquemont.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Faulquemont run above what its ages would predict: 109 per 100 expected, more than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 523 residents of Faulquemont died, against 479 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. The nearest emergency department to Faulquemont is Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold, 7.1 mi away. Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 3 family doctors.
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Faulquemont · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Nabor de Saint Avold
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Faulquemont has higher unemployment than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 15.2%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,050 a year per consumption unit, close to Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Faulquemont holds 3,600 jobs; 1,950 of its residents are in work, so 1.9 jobs each. Public transport took 6.4% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport6%
On foot6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
3,600
jobs based in Faulquemont, 1.9 per working resident
15.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Faulquemont sees more crime than 64% of compared French towns
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 11.2 violent offenses and 13.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In 2025, 131 offenses were recorded in Faulquemont. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Faulquemont (2025).
11.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage42
Family violence28
Other physical violence22
Burglary19
Sexual violence14
Theft from vehicles6
Armed robbery0
Fraud30
Theft without violence11
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.
11.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
131
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 2.8% of the housing. Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Faulquemont
Is Faulquemont safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #53 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Faulquemont good?
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #53 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Faulquemont
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Faulquemont is a commune of 5,109 people in the Communauté de communes du District Urbain de Faulquemont. 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
5,109 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du District Urbain de Faulquemont
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.
