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A town of 1,056 in Moselle, Grand Est.
La Maxe has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 46% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.8 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing La Maxe does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Maxe 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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La Maxe has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1998.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near La Maxe. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Maxe.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.6 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 63 candidates passed the bac, 4 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 81%+13 pts |
| Ensemble scolaire Saint-Étienne - Site Anne de Méjanès (lycée) PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 63 | 100%+4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel René CassinBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 175 | 82%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Under-15s account for 19% of the population. 18% of residents are 65 or over, below Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Maxe | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.7% of working residents in La Maxe went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. La Maxe has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 60 residents of La Maxe died, against 67 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. 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. The nearest emergency department to La Maxe is Hopital clinique Claude Bernard, 3.8 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.
La Maxe has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Maxe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Maxe | 1,056 | — | — | D | — | C+ |
| Woippy | 14,967 | 1.9 | D− | D | C− | D− |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz | 3,554 | 2.4 | C− | D− | C− | C |
| Maizières-lès-Metz | 11,580 | 3.5 | D | C− | B− | C− |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin | 4,684 | 3.5 | B | C− | A | B− |
| Metz | 122,572 | 3.9 | D | C− | D | C |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 4,102 | 4 | C | C− | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Maxe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 17.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
La Maxe is a commune of 1,056 people in the Metz Métropole. 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.