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A town of 1,276 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Fleury has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Fleury does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fleury 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 1 historic monument in Fleury, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2006.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fleury.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Fleury below both Moselle’s towns (103) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 63 residents of Fleury died, against 93 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
On this, Fleury is above both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 4.6%. Fleury has 100 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.2 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.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Fleury comes above both Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La LouvièreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 84 | 90%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Fleury, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
For Fleury, that is above both Moselle’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Fleury | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Fleury in 2025. For family violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
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
Heritage and gardens in and near Fleury. Best known first.
Fleury has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fleury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleury | 1,276 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Marly | 10,286 | 2.5 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
| Montigny-lès-Metz | 21,718 | 4.2 | C− | C− | B | C |
| Metz | 122,572 | 4.8 | D | C− | D | C |
| Moulins-lès-Metz | 5,265 | 5 | C | C− | D | C+ |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 4,102 | 5.5 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Scy-Chazelles | 2,753 | 5.9 | — | D | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fleury has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.7 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Fleury is a commune of 1,276 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Messin. 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.