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Moyeuvre-PetiteMoselle

It is a town of 442 residents in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Moyeuvre-Petite a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Moyeuvre-Petite falls below the line for grades.

Moyeuvre-Petite’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Moyeuvre-Petite’s story

No historic monuments in Moyeuvre-Petite

The Culture ministry lists no building in Moyeuvre-Petite as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église de Morlange, in Fameck, 3.7 mi away.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moyeuvre-Petite.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Moyeuvre-Petite than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults

People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.2%, lower than both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Moyeuvre-Petite are older than 45.

45median age
Moyeuvre-PetiteMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Moyeuvre-Petite
Moyeuvre-PetiteMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1517%17%17%
15–249.2%11%11%
25–4424%24%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+24%22%22%
No diploma22%23%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat24%17%18%
Higher education17%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Moyeuvre-Petite, 7.6%, runs below Moselle’s towns and compared French towns

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.7% of commuters travelled at the census. After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,770 a year per consumption unit.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Moyeuvre-Petite, 0.1 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

65.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 12 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 1.1 mi to the nearest one.

65.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Moyeuvre-Petite65.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean BurgerNearest collègeCollègeCollège6665%−12 pts
65.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −12 pts against the expected rate
1.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Moyeuvre-Petite is €12.30/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €11.91/m² a month.

€12.30/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Moyeuvre-Petite€12.30/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€12.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.83 to €15.38/m² a month)
€11.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Moyeuvre-Petite

11pages on Moyeuvre-Petite

Landmarks

Nothing in Moyeuvre-Petite is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Moyeuvre-Petite

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Moyeuvre-Petite as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Moyeuvre-Petite’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Moselle →
Moyeuvre-GrandeJœufClouangeNeufchefRombasMontois-la-MontagneMoyeuvre-GrandeJœufClouangeNeufchefRombasMontois-la-MontagneMoyeuvre-Petite
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Moyeuvre-Petite442—————
Moyeuvre-Grande7,3111.3C−B+B−D
Jœuf Meurthe-et-Moselle6,3923CAC−B−
Clouange3,8243.2C+C+B−B−
Neufchef2,6503.2—C−—B
Rombas9,3713.5CC+BD
Montois-la-Montagne2,7113.6—C+—D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Moyeuvre-Petite

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Moyeuvre-Petite is a commune of 442 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Orne Moselle. 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
442 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Orne Moselle
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.1 sq mi (5.5 km²)
INSEE code
57492

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.