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Population 2,635: a town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are a strength too — bac results 4.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Morsbach has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Morsbach 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.
Morsbach has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Morsbach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Catherine, in Hombourg-Haut, 4.7 mi away.
4.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Morsbach. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau Barrabino2.6 km northeast, in ForbachMuseumMuseumLa Mine, musée du carreau Wendel4.1 km north, in Petite-RosselleArt galleryArt galleryGalerie d'exposition de la Médiathèque2.6 km northeast, in ForbachTheme parkTheme parkParc Accrobranche2.8 km northeast, in ForbachMuseumMuseumLes Mineurs Wendel4 km north, in Petite-RossellePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Morsbach.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
251 deaths in Morsbach between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 219: 15% above. Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Morsbach, 90.0% passed the bac, close to Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.2 mi away. School results put the town #14 of 78 in Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre AdtNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 87%+12 pts |
| Lycée des métiers Blaise PascalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 72 | 93%+6 pts |
| Collège Robert SchumanBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 52 | 87%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €23,900 a year per consumption unit, about level with Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 10.2%. At the census, 2.1% of working residents in Morsbach didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up a fifth of adults. Typical age in Morsbach: 45.5, the median. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Morsbach | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of the graded crimes in Morsbach, burglary came up most often (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4 (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 15 offenses in the town.
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 other physical 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, 36.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Morsbach 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 Morsbach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morsbach | 2,635 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 1.7 | C | B+ | C | D− |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 1.8 | B− | B | A | C− |
| Œting | 2,599 | 1.9 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 3 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Petite-Rosselle | 6,171 | 3 | B | A− | A | D− |
| Freyming-Merlebach | 13,266 | 3.2 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Morsbach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns and #14 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 93% of 72 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers Blaise Pascal in 2025, 6 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Morsbach is a commune of 2,635 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach Porte de France. 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.