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A town in Moselle, Grand Est, home to 1,196 people.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 49% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (D−). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for cost of living and B− for schools.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Mécleuves 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 Mécleuves does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mécleuves 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.
Mécleuves has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Mécleuves 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 Mécleuves.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 100 deaths in Mécleuves from 2016 to 2025; there were 51, 49% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Mécleuves is Chr Metz Thionville Hopital de Mercy, 2.5 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.
5.2% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 4.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Mécleuves: 100, for 550 residents in work (0.2 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Residents of Mécleuves have a median age of 49.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Mécleuves | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.4% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
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.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away. General-bac pupils go 4 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 47 | 87%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In all, 5 offenses reached the police record in Mécleuves in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.1. The graded crime recorded most locally was burglary (2025).
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 family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 84.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Mécleuves. Best known first.
Nothing in Mécleuves 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 Mécleuves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mécleuves | 1,196 | — | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Marly | 10,286 | 5.2 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
| Metz | 122,572 | 5.5 | D | C− | D | C |
| Montigny-lès-Metz | 21,718 | 6 | C− | C− | B | C |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz | 3,554 | 6.3 | C− | D− | C− | C |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 4,102 | 7 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Courcelles-Chaussy | 3,006 | 7.1 | A | A− | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mécleuves has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Mécleuves is a commune of 1,196 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.