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LellingMoselle

A town of 458 in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Lelling a good place to live?

Lelling is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Lelling’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Lelling’s story

No historic monuments in Lelling

The Culture ministry lists no building in Lelling as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nabor, in Saint-Avold, 4.3 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lelling.

Who lives here

Few people in Lelling are 15 to 24: 9.1%, fewer than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 19%, above Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The age that splits Lelling in two is 44.2. Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults.

44.2median age
LellingMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lelling
LellingMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1519%17%17%
15–249.1%11%11%
25–4424%24%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+22%22%22%
No diploma21%23%19%
CAP or BEP27%30%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education26%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 4.5% of commuters in Lelling go to work without a car, fewer than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €26,800 a year per consumption unit, above Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 50 jobs are based in Lelling, for 200 working residents (0.1 per worker). 8.4% of people in the labour force have no job.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Lelling, 0.1 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 8 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.7 mi off. General-bac pupils go 4.2 mi to the nearest lycée.

89.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Lelling89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Alexandre DreuxNearest collègeCollègeCollège6389%+8 pts
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +8 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Lelling costs less than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.30/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€8.30/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lelling€8.30/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€8.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.78 to €10.17/m² a month)
€8.76/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lelling

12pages on Lelling

Landmarks

Nothing in Lelling is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Lelling

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lelling yet.

How we find them →

Lelling’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Moselle →
FolschvillerValmontMacherenSaint-AvoldFaulquemontCréhangeFolschvillerValmontMacherenSaint-AvoldFaulquemontCréhangeLelling
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lelling458—————
Folschviller3,9162.7AAAC
Valmont3,0413.1A−AA−C−
Macheren2,8144.2—A−—C
Saint-Avold14,7554.9B−B+C−C
Faulquemont5,1095.2CA−C+D
Créhange3,6915.8B+A−A+B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Lelling

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Lelling is a commune of 458 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Avold Synergie. 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
458 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Avold Synergie
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.9 sq mi (4.9 km²)
INSEE code
57389

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.