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GuenvillerMoselle

A town of 680 in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Guenviller a good place to live?

Guenviller is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Guenviller’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Guenviller’s story

No historic monuments in Guenviller

The Culture ministry lists no building in Guenviller as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château et fortifications, in Hombourg-Haut, 1.6 mi away.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guenviller.

Who lives here

Guenviller has fewer young adults than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24

Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. A quarter of adults hold a degree, above Moselle’s towns (24%) but below compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Guenviller is 49 years old.

49median age
GuenvillerMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Guenviller
GuenvillerMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1515%17%17%
15–247.5%11%11%
25–4423%24%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+24%22%22%
No diploma17%23%19%
CAP or BEP36%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education25%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Guenviller run higher than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns: a median €27,810 a year per consumption unit

At the census, 3.6% 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 Guenviller number 50, against 250 residents in work (0.2 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 11.8%.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Guenviller, 0.2 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

Bac results near Guenviller run low: 81.0% passed, below Moselle’s towns and compared French towns

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 4.2 mi away.

81.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Guenviller81.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Guenviller81.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollègeCollège5781%−3 pts
Lycée professionnel Ernest CuveletteNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée2181%+14 pts
81%
passed the vocational bac, +14 pts against the expected rate
81.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Guenviller than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.30/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€10.30/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Guenviller€10.30/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€10.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.83 to €13.55/m² a month)
€9.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Hellering and 3 more in and around Guenviller

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Guenviller. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Guenviller

12pages on Guenviller

Landmarks

Nothing in Guenviller is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Guenviller

One notable person was born in Guenviller.

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Guenviller’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Moselle →
Hombourg-HautMacherenFreyming-MerlebachFarébersvillerCocherenSaint-AvoldHombourg-HautMacherenFreyming-MerlebachFarébersvillerCocherenSaint-AvoldGuenviller
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Guenviller680—————
Hombourg-Haut5,9762CC+A−D−
Macheren2,8142.6—A−—C
Freyming-Merlebach13,2662.9CB−C+C−
Farébersviller5,2243.5C−BB+D
Cocheren3,3583.5B−BAC−
Saint-Avold14,7553.7B−B+C−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Guenviller

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Guenviller is a commune of 680 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

Population
680 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.8 sq mi (4.7 km²)
INSEE code
57271

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.