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A town of 1,444 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Merten has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Merten does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Merten 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Merten as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ossuaire de Welling (ancien), in Denting, 7 mi away.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Merten.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.64/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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Merten is Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold, 9.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 170 residents of Merten died, against 155 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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.
1.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 100 jobs are based in Merten, for 650 working residents (0.2 per worker). Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €27,040 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.8 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Grande SauleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 86%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
19% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 12%, below both Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 28% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Merten | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Merten 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 Merten 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merten | 1,444 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Creutzwald | 12,254 | 3.5 | C− | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | 2,888 | 4.5 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Carling | 3,291 | 6.1 | A | A | A+ | A− |
| Bouzonville | 3,721 | 6.6 | B− | A− | B− | D− |
| L'Hôpital | 5,183 | 6.9 | B− | A | B+ | D− |
| Boulay-Moselle | 5,434 | 8.8 | A− | B+ | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Merten has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Merten is a commune of 1,444 people in the Communauté de communes Houve-Pays Boulageois. 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.