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A town of 1,268 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Holving has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Holving does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Holving 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 Holving as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Heckenransbach, in Ernestviller, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Holving.
At the census, 2.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Jobs located in Holving: 50, for 550 residents in work (0.1 each). Half of residents lived on more than €26,980 a year per consumption unit, higher than Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Holving is Hopital Robert Pax de Sarreguemines, 8.5 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, near Moselle’s towns (103) and higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 95 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 99, 4% more. In Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
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
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree. Residents of Holving have a median age of 48.7. Those 65 and older account for 21% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Holving | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Holving is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Holving.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holving | 1,268 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Sarralbe | 4,364 | 2.9 | B− | A− | B+ | D |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs | 3,016 | 3.3 | — | A− | — | D |
| Woustviller | 2,786 | 4.6 | — | A− | — | D |
| Hambach | 2,766 | 4.9 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin | 2,731 | 7.6 | B+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 8.3 | C− | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Holving has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Holving is a commune of 1,268 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.