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1,770 people call this town in Moselle, Grand Est home.
Where it does best is jobs & income: 1 job per working resident; 7.6% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 44% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are weaker too: bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.6 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Illange has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Illange does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Illange 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.
Illange has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Illange as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont-écluse Sud du Couronné d'Yutz, in Thionville, 1.8 mi away.
4.8% 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 Illange. Best known first.
MuseumTour aux Puces3.5 km north, in ThionvilleGardenGardenJardin des Souriresin townAttractionAttractionFort d'Illange800 m north, in YutzChâteauChâteauHôtel de ville de Thionville3.5 km north, in ThionvilleChâteauChâteauBeffroi de Thionville3.5 km north, in ThionvillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Illange.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Illange records 96 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 297 residents of Illange died, against 238 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Over-65s are 28% of the population. Degrees are held by 34% of adults, above Moselle’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Illange has a median age of 50.3.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Illange | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 83% of 386 candidates passed the bac pro. The bac pass rate near Illange is 93.1%, higher than Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 96 | 61%−17 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 249 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 25 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For its 700 residents in work, Illange has 750 jobs: 1 each. 7.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Bus, tram or train carried nearly a tenth of working residents in Illange to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Illange 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 Illange yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Illange has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 249 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence in 2025, a point above 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
Illange is a commune of 1,770 people in the Thionville Fensch Agglomération. 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.