Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town in Moselle, Grand Est, home to 444 people.
At under 1,000 residents, Holling is too small for the grades other French towns get. Only 13% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Holling does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Holling as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château Saint-Sixte, in Freistroff, 0.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Holling.
Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults. People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, below Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Holling has a median age of 39.9.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Holling | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.9% of people in the labour force have no job. The median disposable income was €27,450 a year per consumption unit, above both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: 50 jobs are based in Holling, for 200 working residents (0.1 per worker).
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.
Near Holling, 90.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 2.8 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 10 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège AdalbertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 100 | 85%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Antoine Gapp - Site de Bouzonville PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 63 | 90%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Holling. Best known first.
Nothing in Holling 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 Holling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holling | 444 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bouzonville | 3,721 | 3 | B− | A− | B− | D− |
| Boulay-Moselle | 5,434 | 5.5 | A− | B+ | B | D |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | 2,888 | 9 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Creutzwald | 12,254 | 9.9 | C− | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Courcelles-Chaussy | 3,006 | 11 | A | A− | A− | C− |
| Carling | 3,291 | 12 | A | A | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Holling is a commune of 444 people in the Communauté de communes Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières. 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.