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This town in Moselle, Grand Est has a population of 1,224.
Homes are affordable (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.4 points below the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well (C−) — 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Kerbach 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 Kerbach does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Kerbach 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.
Kerbach 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 Kerbach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Musée régional, in Sarreguemines, 6.1 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kerbach.
4.1% 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%). Unemployment runs at 7.1%. Kerbach holds 100 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each.
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.
89.5% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Kerbach, lower than both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 66% passed the bac pro, of 44 candidates. The closest collège is 1.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 87%+13 pts |
| Lycée Jean MoulinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 186 | 95%+2 pts |
| Collège Nicolas UnterstellerBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 107 | 84%+8 pts |
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.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 82 residents of Kerbach died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. 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. The nearest emergency department to Kerbach is Centre hospitalier Marie Madeleine A Forbach Chic Unisante, 2.7 mi away.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
31% of adults hold a degree, higher than Moselle’s towns (24%) and near compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 23% of the population. Under-15s account for 16% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Kerbach | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Kerbach. Best known first.
Nothing in Kerbach 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 Kerbach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerbach | 1,224 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 1.3 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Spicheren | 3,143 | 2 | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Œting | 2,599 | 2.4 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Grosbliederstroff | 3,346 | 2.7 | — | A− | — | C |
| Stiring-Wendel | 10,956 | 2.8 | B− | B | B+ | D− |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 3.5 | C | B+ | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Kerbach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 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 28% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 95% of 186 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Moulin in 2025, 2 points 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
Kerbach is a commune of 1,224 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach Porte de France. 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.