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A town of 7,772 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Crime is low: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on cost of living as well: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 38% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at A−, #6 of 68 in Moselle. That leaves it better than 83% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Hettange-Grande 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Hettange-Grande as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Grange, in Manom, 2.1 mi away.
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Hettange-Grande. Best known first.
FortOuvrage de l'Immerhofin town
ChâteauChâteau de La Grange3.4 km south, in Manom
FortFort de Guentrange3.8 km southwest, in Thionville
GardenJardin des Prairiales3.4 km south, in ManomFortFortOuvrage de Soetrichin townFortFortObservatoire d'Hettangein townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hettange-Grande.
The police record for Hettange-Grande lists 84 offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
22.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 5.6% are unemployed. Jobs based in Hettange-Grande number 1,050, against 3,950 residents in work (0.3 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. The middle age in Hettange-Grande is 40.7. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Moselle’s towns (11%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Hettange-Grande | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Moselle: 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 602 deaths in Hettange-Grande between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 591: 2% above. This Moselle town has 7 family doctors.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #24 of 78 in Moselle. At the three general lycées, 94% of 707 candidates passed the bac, 1.5 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Marie PeltNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 172 | 88%−5 pts |
| Lycée des métiers des sciences et des techniques La BriquerieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 94 | 89%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Rosa ParksBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 167 | 89%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Hettange-Grande is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Hettange-Grande.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hettange-Grande | 7,772 | — | A− | C+ | A | C+ |
| Manom | 3,137 | 2.6 | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Thionville | 42,658 | 2.9 | C− | D− | C− | C− |
| Yutz | 17,391 | 3.9 | C | D | B− | C+ |
| Cattenom | 2,580 | 4.1 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Terville | 7,801 | 4.3 | C− | D | B | C |
| Algrange | 5,802 | 5.4 | D | C | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #13 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #24 of 78 in Moselle. 89% of 94 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers des sciences et des techniques La Briquerie in 2025, 3 points below 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
Hettange-Grande is a commune of 7,772 people in the Communauté de communes de Cattenom et Environs. 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.