Montigny-lès-Metz’s weakest subject is jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 12.7% unemployment. Where it does best is walkability: 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 29% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #48 of 68 in Moselle. On that grade it does better than just over a fifth of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and C+ for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Montigny-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 data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montigny-lès-Metz.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More commuters in Montigny-lès-Metz walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 28.6%
29%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 12.7%, close to Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,490 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took nearly a fifth of Montigny-lès-Metz’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
Public transport18%
On foot6%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
4,850
jobs based in Montigny-lès-Metz, 0.5 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 96% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Montigny-lès-Metz is above 70% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Montigny-lès-Metz can choose among 23 GPs. Its four care homes for older people (340 places) count their residents as Montigny-lès-Metz’s; allowing for them, deaths were 5% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 2,611 residents of Montigny-lès-Metz died, against 2,374 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
23
GPs in Montigny-lès-Metz · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Regional D Instruction des Armees Legouest
2.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital clinique Claude Bernard
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
1 historic monument and a protected historic area since 1992
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 1992, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. 4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, below Moselle’s towns (5.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
2020
first monument protected
1992
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
86.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the 18 collèges within 5 km, 3.1 points below the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
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. Results rank its schools #39 of 78 in Moselle. At the lycées within 5 km of Montigny-lès-Metz, 92.5% passed the bac, above Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Montigny-lès-Metz is lower than in 56% of compared French towns
6.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.9 cases of violence against people and 13.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In all, 445 offenses reached the police record in Montigny-lès-Metz in 2025. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage157
Other physical violence69
Family violence68
Burglary63
Theft from vehicles41
Sexual violence25
Vehicle theft22
Fraud143
Theft without violence112
Drug use10
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.
6.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
445
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A young town: 12% of people in Montigny-lès-Metz are 15 to 24, more than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
44.1median age
Graduates make up 35% of adults. Line up the people of Montigny-lès-Metz by age and the one in the middle is 44.1. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than Moselle’s towns (22%) and near compared French towns (22%).
Montigny-lès-MetzMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
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About Montigny-lès-Metz
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Montigny-lès-Metz is a commune of 21,718 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
Population
21,718 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Metz Métropole
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.6 sq mi (6.7 km²)
INSEE code
57480
Montigny-lès-Metz’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montigny-lès-Metz
Is Montigny-lès-Metz safe?
It grades B for safety, #36 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 63 burglaries and 157 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Montigny-lès-Metz good?
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns and #39 of 78 in Moselle. 99% of 165 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean XXIII in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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