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1,255 people call this town in Moselle, Grand Est home.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. Health is a strength too (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability (C) — 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Laquenexy 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.
Each subject compares Laquenexy 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.
Laquenexy 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 Laquenexy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Aube, 3.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Laquenexy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
58 deaths in Laquenexy between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 74: 21% below. Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Laquenexy is Chr Metz Thionville Hopital de Mercy, 3.4 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Unemployment stands at 6.4%. At the census, 6.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · 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
18% of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. In addition, the 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Laquenexy | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Laquenexy. Best known first.
Nothing in Laquenexy 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 Laquenexy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laquenexy | 1,255 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Courcelles-Chaussy | 3,006 | 4.5 | A | A− | A− | C− |
| Metz | 122,572 | 6.2 | D | C− | D | C |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz | 3,554 | 6.3 | C− | D− | C− | C |
| Marly | 10,286 | 7.2 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
| Montigny-lès-Metz | 21,718 | 7.4 | C− | C− | B | C |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 4,102 | 8 | C | C− | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Laquenexy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 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
Laquenexy is a commune of 1,255 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 November 4, 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.