Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
4,102 people call this town in Moselle, Grand Est home.
Some subjects shine; others lag. Its weakest is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 44% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is easy to get around without a car (A−): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 28% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a C, better than 29% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #39 of 68 in Moselle. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools, B for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Longeville-lès-Metz 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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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Longeville-lès-Metz, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
François-Michel Chabert, born in 1829, is the one person born in Longeville-lès-Metz before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Longeville-lès-Metz. Best known first.
MuseumCentre Pompidou-Metz2.5 km east, in Metz
ChâteauPorte des Allemands2.7 km east, in Metz
MuseumMusée de la Cour d'Or2.3 km east, in MetzCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Étienne de Metz2 km east, in MetzFortFortÉglise Saint-Quentin2.7 km west, in Scy-ChazellesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Longeville-lès-Metz.
Half of residents lived on more than €29,280 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 1,900 residents in work, Longeville-lès-Metz has 800 jobs: 0.4 each. 10.9% of people in the labour force have no job.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.22/m² a month. 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
Among the graded crimes in Longeville-lès-Metz, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). In all, 122 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025. Violence against people averaged 7.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 22.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 420 deaths in Longeville-lès-Metz from 2016 to 2025; there were 373, 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Longeville-lès-Metz is Hopital Regional D Instruction des Armees Legouest, 2 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. 7.2% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and above Moselle’s towns (5.3%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). A quarter of residents have reached 65.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Longeville-lès-Metz | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 80% passed the bac pro, of 824 candidates at 7 lycées. On school results, the town ranks #29 of 78 in Moselle. Near Longeville-lès-Metz, 92.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean BauchezNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 84%−8 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis de CormontaigneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 271 | 93%−1 pt |
| Collège Jules FerryBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 77 | 81%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Longeville-lès-Metz has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
8 notable people were born in Longeville-lès-Metz.
Ludovic Obraniak: Roger Goraczniak, CC BY 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 4,102 | — | C | C− | C− | B |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin | 4,684 | 0.6 | B | C− | A | B− |
| Scy-Chazelles | 2,753 | 1.4 | — | D | — | C |
| Montigny-lès-Metz | 21,718 | 1.4 | C− | C− | B | C |
| Moulins-lès-Metz | 5,265 | 1.8 | C | C− | D | C+ |
| Metz | 122,572 | 1.9 | D | C− | D | C |
| Woippy | 14,967 | 2.4 | D− | D | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #61 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #29 of 78 in Moselle. 93% of 271 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis de Cormontaigne in 2025, a point below 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
Longeville-lès-Metz is a commune of 4,102 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 9, 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.