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A town of 1,411 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Folkling has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 5% 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 jobs & income (A−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Folkling 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 Folkling 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, 5.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Folkling.
7.3% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.7% of commuters at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,510 a year.
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 76% passed the bac pro, of 140 candidates at 2 lycées. The bac pass rate near Folkling is 89.8%, near Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 87%+13 pts |
| Lycée des métiers Blaise PascalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 72 | 93%+6 pts |
| Collège Pierre AdtBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 86 | 87%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, below Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a quarter of residents. Graduates make up 31% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Folkling | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 112 residents of Folkling died, against 121 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Folkling is Centre hospitalier Marie Madeleine A Forbach Chic Unisante, 2.2 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
The commonest graded crime in Folkling was sexual violence (2025). Violence against people ran at 3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 4.2 (2023–2025 average).
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 family violence, other physical violence, burglary, 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.
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Folkling. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau Barrabino3.9 km north, in ForbachTheme parkTheme parkParc Accrobranche3.5 km north, in ForbachArt galleryArt galleryGalerie d'exposition de la Médiathèque3.8 km north, in ForbachArt galleryArt galleryGalerie Têt'de l'Art3.9 km north, in ForbachArt galleryArt galleryGalerie Œil3.6 km north, in ForbachPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Folkling 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 Folkling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkling | 1,411 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Œting | 2,599 | 1.5 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 1.8 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 2 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 2.5 | C | B+ | C | D− |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 2.6 | B− | B | A | C− |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 2.6 | C− | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Folkling has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 93% of 72 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers Blaise Pascal in 2025, 6 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Folkling is a commune of 1,411 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 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.