Gorze has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Gorze 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Gorze’s ages would predict, 77 per 100 expected, under Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Gorze, that is below both Moselle’s towns (103) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 582 residents of Gorze died, against 175 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 233% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw333
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Gorze · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Regional D Instruction des Armees Legouest
10.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital clinique Claude Bernard
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
On foot, Gorze works better than 74% of compared French towns
At the census, 14.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 9.5% of the labour force are out of work. Gorze has 400 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Public transport7%
On foot7%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
400
jobs based in Gorze, 0.9 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 74% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Gorze: 33% were built before 1919, more than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Gorze sits above both Moselle’s towns (5.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Gorze: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Gorze is Abbaye (ancienne).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gorze
Is Gorze safe?
Gorze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Gorze
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Gorze is a commune of 1,120 people in the Communauté de communes Mad et Moselle. 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
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.
