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A town of 1,073 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Hargarten-aux-Mines’s strongest subject is cost of living (A) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools lag: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well — 16% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% 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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Hargarten-aux-Mines 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 Hargarten-aux-Mines 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.
Hargarten-aux-Mines has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Hargarten-aux-Mines does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Hargarten-aux-Mines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ossuaire de Welling (ancien), in Denting, 4.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Hargarten-aux-Mines is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hargarten-aux-Mines.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Moselle, women can expect to live 83.6 years and men 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 106 residents of Hargarten-aux-Mines died, against 86 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more. The nearest emergency department to Hargarten-aux-Mines is Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold, 9.2 mi away.
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.
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
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 4.1% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Per resident in work, Hargarten-aux-Mines counts 0.2 jobs (100 jobs, 450 workers). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,400 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.1 mi away. A collège lies 1.4 mi away. The brevet pass rate near Hargarten-aux-Mines is 86.0%, between Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Grande SauleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 86%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
16% of residents are children under 15. Degrees are held by 22% of adults, below both Moselle’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Hargarten-aux-Mines are older than 47.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Hargarten-aux-Mines | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Hargarten-aux-Mines was family violence (2025). All told, Hargarten-aux-Mines had 7 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 5.7.
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 · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 80.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
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Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Hargarten-aux-Mines is a commune of 1,073 people in the Communauté de communes Houve-Pays Boulageois. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hargarten-aux-Mines | 1,073 | — | — | A | — | D− |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | 2,888 | 3.3 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Creutzwald | 12,254 | 3.9 | C− | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Boulay-Moselle | 5,434 | 6 | A− | B+ | B | D |
| Carling | 3,291 | 6.1 | A | A | A+ | A− |
| Bouzonville | 3,721 | 6.2 | B− | A− | B− | D− |
| L'Hôpital | 5,183 | 6.9 | B− | A | B+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hargarten-aux-Mines has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 8, 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.