Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,888 residents make their home in this town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Housing is within reach (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income (D) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Ham-sous-Varsberg has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Ham-sous-Varsberg does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ham-sous-Varsberg 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.
Ham-sous-Varsberg has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ham-sous-Varsberg as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ossuaire (ancien), in Niedervisse, 4.4 mi away.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ham-sous-Varsberg.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Ham-sous-Varsberg records 106 deaths per 100 expected. 254 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 240: 6% above. Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Ham-sous-Varsberg have one GP on hand.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
At the census, 2.5% of working residents in Ham-sous-Varsberg didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €25,210 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Moselle’s towns (€24,105). Unemployment stands at 11.3%.
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.
Near Ham-sous-Varsberg, 91.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 0.9 mi away. For exam results, it comes #48 of 78 in Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BergpfadNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 87%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Félix MayerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 176 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: 9.7% of residents. The age that splits Ham-sous-Varsberg in two is 43.9. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, above Moselle’s towns (22%) and close to compared French towns (22%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Burglary topped the graded crimes in Ham-sous-Varsberg (2025). Violence against people ran at 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.2 (2023–2025 average). In all, 16 offenses reached the police record here in 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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (29.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Ham-sous-Varsberg. Best known first.
Nothing in Ham-sous-Varsberg 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 Ham-sous-Varsberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | 2,888 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Creutzwald | 12,254 | 2.2 | C− | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Carling | 3,291 | 3 | A | A | A+ | A− |
| L'Hôpital | 5,183 | 3.9 | B− | A | B+ | D− |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 3,572 | 4.7 | A+ | A− | A+ | D |
| Saint-Avold | 14,755 | 5.7 | B− | B+ | C− | C |
| Hombourg-Haut | 5,976 | 6.5 | C | C+ | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ham-sous-Varsberg has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #48 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 98% of 176 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Félix Mayer in 2025, 3 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
Ham-sous-Varsberg is a commune of 2,888 people in the Communauté de communes du Warndt. 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.