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13,266 people live in this town in Moselle, Grand Est.
At C overall, Freyming-Merlebach is better than 32% of compared French towns and ranks #37 of 68 in Moselle. The local economy is weaker than most (D): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 18.8% unemployment. Health lags (C−). Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for cost of living, C+ for safety and B for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Freyming-Merlebach does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Freyming-Merlebach 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Freyming-Merlebach; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
Paul Masson, born in 1863, is the one person born in Freyming-Merlebach before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Freyming-Merlebach.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Moselle can expect 83.6 years and a boy 79.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Freyming-Merlebach records 100 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,787 residents of Freyming-Merlebach died, against 1,333 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% more.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €20,550 a year per consumption unit. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century. 5.2% of its homes were built before 1919, near Moselle’s towns (5.3%) and lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 89% passed the bac pro, of 124 candidates at 2 lycées. General-bac pupils go 4.5 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 0.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claudie HaigneréNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 73%−2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Pierre et Marie CurieNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 91%+11 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Ernest CuveletteBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 21 | 81%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In all, 292 offenses reached the police record in Freyming-Merlebach in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.7 cases of violence against people and 15.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Freyming-Merlebach (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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Under-15s account for 18% of the population. People 65 and over make up 24% of the town, higher than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Freyming-Merlebach is 43.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Freyming-Merlebach | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 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
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Freyming-Merlebach. Best known first.
Freyming-Merlebach has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
7 notable people were born in Freyming-Merlebach.
István Nyers: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freyming-Merlebach | 13,266 | — | C | B− | C+ | C− |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 1.7 | B− | B | A | C− |
| Hombourg-Haut | 5,976 | 1.9 | C | C+ | A− | D− |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 3.2 | — | B+ | — | D |
| L'Hôpital | 5,183 | 3.4 | B− | A | B+ | D− |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 3.7 | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Carling | 3,291 | 4.2 | A | A | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #49 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 140 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #21 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Freyming-Merlebach is a commune of 13,266 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.