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A town in Moselle, Grand Est, home to 1,020 people.
Schools are its strong suit — brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Health is another plus: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 40% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability: 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Metzeresche 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 Metzeresche does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Metzeresche 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.
Metzeresche 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 Metzeresche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Hackenberg, in Veckring, 4.5 mi away.
12% 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 Metzeresche.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.5 mi away. The closest collège is 1.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la CannerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 53 deaths in Metzeresche from 2016 to 2025; there were 41, 23% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Metzeresche is Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville, 8.6 mi away. One GP practises here.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
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
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). 28% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Metzeresche | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Metzeresche number 50, against 500 residents in work (0.1 per worker). Unemployment stood at 5.7%, below both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 7.1% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Metzeresche. Best known first.
Nothing in Metzeresche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Metzeresche as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metzeresche | 1,020 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Guénange | 8,083 | 4.5 | D− | C− | B | D |
| Bousse | 3,236 | 5 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ |
| Bertrange | 2,941 | 5.2 | B− | D | A+ | C |
| Yutz | 17,391 | 6.3 | C | D | B− | C+ |
| Mondelange | 5,699 | 6.8 | D | C− | B− | D |
| Uckange | 7,021 | 7 | D− | C− | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Metzeresche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Metzeresche is a commune of 1,020 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Arc Mosellan. 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.