Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,766 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Hambach has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 2.5 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Hambach does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hambach 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.
Hambach has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Hambach, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest date from the 17th century.
4.6% 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 Hambach.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Hambach sits below both Moselle’s towns (€12.17/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Hambach’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, close to Moselle’s towns (103) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 358 residents of Hambach died, against 268 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Hambach close to Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean JaurèsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 68 | 82%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On this, Hambach is below both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €27,530 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Hambach, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 4.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In the comparison, Hambach comes below both Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Hambach | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Hambach has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Hambach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambach | 2,766 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Woustviller | 2,786 | 1.8 | — | A− | — | D |
| Sarreguemines | 20,143 | 3.6 | C+ | B+ | C | D |
| Sarralbe | 4,364 | 4.9 | B− | A− | B+ | D |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs | 3,016 | 5.2 | — | A− | — | D |
| Grosbliederstroff | 3,346 | 6.3 | — | A− | — | C |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 8.2 | C− | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hambach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 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 29% of compared French towns and #55 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Hambach is a commune of 2,766 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Sarreguemines Confluences. 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 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.