Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 3,308 people, lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Taken together, its subjects give Morhange a D overall, better than 7% of compared French towns. That places it #61 of 68 in Moselle. Its weakest is schools — brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The 2 things Morhange does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Morhange 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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Morhange has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Morhange.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #78 of 78 in Moselle. The nearest collège is 0.7 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège L'ArboretumNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 73%−11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €20,500 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970). Morhange holds 1,900 jobs; 1,000 of its residents are in work, so 1.9 jobs each. Also worth knowing: the census found 16.8% 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
2025 saw 122 offenses recorded in Morhange. Graded property crimes ran at 15.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 16.7 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (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 armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 4.4% 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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 341 deaths in Morhange from 2016 to 2025; there were 446, 31% more. The nearest emergency department to Morhange is Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold, 13.4 mi away. Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 5 general practitioners locally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Morhange has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Morhange has a median age of 45.8 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Morhange | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 34% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 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.
House rents are put at about €7.96/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
The list names few of Morhange’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison dite du Bailli: Photo: Aimelaime · CC BY-SA 3.0
4 notable people were born in Morhange.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morhange | 3,308 | — | D | B− | C− | C |
| Dieuze | 2,770 | 8.7 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Faulquemont | 5,109 | 9 | C | A− | C+ | D |
| Créhange | 3,691 | 9.8 | B+ | A− | A+ | B− |
| Folschviller | 3,916 | 11 | A | A | A | C |
| Valmont | 3,041 | 12 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Macheren | 2,814 | 13 | — | A− | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #65 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 40 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Morhange is a commune of 3,308 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Avold Synergie. 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.