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HertzingMoselle

A town of 173 in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Hertzing a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Hertzing

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

The nearest classé monument is Cimetière national des prisonniers, in Sarrebourg, 5.3 mi away.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hertzing.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Hertzing than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 7.9% are under 15

Degrees are held by 17% of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.8%, lower than both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Typical age in Hertzing: 52.2, the median.

52.2median age
HertzingMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP43%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Hertzing
HertzingMoselle medianFrance median
Under 157.9%17%17%
15–249.8%11%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6439%27%26%
65+21%22%22%
No diploma22%23%19%
CAP or BEP43%30%26%
Baccalauréat12%17%18%
Higher education17%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Hertzing than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 3.6%

The jobless rate is 8.8%. The median disposable income was €25,590 a year per consumption unit, higher than Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.4% of Hertzing’s working residents to work at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Hertzing, 0.2 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

60.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 25 points below the expected rate

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

Collège pupils travel 2.2 mi to the nearest one.

60.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Hertzing60.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège des Deux SarresNearest collègeCollègeCollège6060%−25 pts
60.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −25 pts against the expected rate
2.2 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 Hertzing than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.40/m² a month

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

€9.40/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Hertzing€9.40/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.15 to €12.35/m² a month)
€6.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château d'Huberville and 2 more in and around Hertzing

Heritage in and near Hertzing. Best known first.

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

12pages on Hertzing

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Hertzing

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Hertzing yet.

How we find them →

Hertzing’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 →
SarrebourgDieuzePhalsbourgSarrebourgDieuzePhalsbourgHertzing
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Hertzing173—————
Sarrebourg12,1705.6B−BC+D
Dieuze2,77014C+A−DC+
Phalsbourg4,68815B+B+BC

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

About Hertzing

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Hertzing is a commune of 173 people in the Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. 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
173 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
0.6 sq mi (1.6 km²)
INSEE code
57320

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.