Jobs & income is its weak spot (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 15.0% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 11.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade lands at C, #36 of 68 in Moselle. It comes out better than 32% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for cost of living, B for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Hombourg-Haut 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.
Chapelle Sainte-Catherine: Photo: Webmasterhombourg · Public domain · Église collégiale Saint-Etienne: Photo: Benoît Stella · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien couvent des Récollets: Photo: Aimelaime · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château d'Hausen: Photo: Webmasterhombourg · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hombourg-Haut.
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Hombourg-Haut sees more deaths than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 120 per 100 expected
+20%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Hombourg-Haut. Life expectancy at birth in Moselle is 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 855 residents of Hombourg-Haut died, against 648 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw132
Adjusted120
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Hombourg-Haut · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold
2.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Nabor de Saint Avold
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Hombourg-Haut has 8.4 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Moselle’s towns (0.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments here is Chapelle Sainte-Catherine. The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Hombourg-Haut sees less crime per resident than 79% of compared French towns
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
All told, Hombourg-Haut had 90 recorded offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage43
Family violence24
Burglary14
Theft from vehicles9
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence16
Fraud16
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.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
90
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 4.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Fewer people in Hombourg-Haut hold a degree than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 18%
47.1median age
27% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9% of residents. At 47.1, the median resident of Hombourg-Haut sits in the middle of the age range.
Hombourg-HautMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
79.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 1.5 points below the expected rate
79.6%passed the brevetBSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Hombourg-Haut, 89.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. General-bac pupils go 3.7 mi to the nearest lycée. Its collèges and lycées rank #18 of 78 in Moselle on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Incomes in Hombourg-Haut run lower than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns: a median €21,870 a year per consumption unit
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stands at 15.0%. 5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Hombourg-Haut didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
650
jobs based in Hombourg-Haut, 0.3 per working resident
15.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns
Hombourg-Haut is a commune of 5,976 people in the Communauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach. 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
5,976 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.3 km²)
INSEE code
57332
Hombourg-Haut’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Hombourg-Haut
Is Hombourg-Haut safe?
It grades A− for safety, #20 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Hombourg-Haut good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #18 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.
