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A town in Moselle, Grand Est, home to 1,484 people.
Goetzenbruck’s strongest is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Goetzenbruck 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 Goetzenbruck 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.
Goetzenbruck has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Goetzenbruck; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Goetzenbruck. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Goetzenbruck.
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.
The nearest general lycée is 5.9 mi away. The brevet pass rate near Goetzenbruck is 86.0%, above Moselle’s towns (84.3%) but below compared French towns (87.5%). Collège pupils travel 1.5 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La ParaisonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 74 | 86%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Goetzenbruck have one GP on hand. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, about level with Moselle’s towns (103) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 155 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 156, 1% more. Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Children are 13% of the town. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 20% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Goetzenbruck | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Goetzenbruck; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 7.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Goetzenbruck number 400, against 650 residents in work (0.7 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €25,870 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Goetzenbruck has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle des Verreries (ancienne): Photo: Didivo67 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Goetzenbruck 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goetzenbruck | 1,484 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Bitche | 4,966 | 5.7 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Ingwiller Bas-Rhin | 3,995 | 8.2 | B | C+ | B+ | C |
| Bouxwiller Bas-Rhin | 3,754 | 11 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains Bas-Rhin | 4,347 | 12 | B | B | A− | C+ |
| Reichshoffen Bas-Rhin | 5,418 | 13 | B− | B− | A | C− |
| Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin | 2,731 | 14 | B+ | A+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Goetzenbruck has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 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 16% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Goetzenbruck is a commune of 1,484 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche. 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.