Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,109 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Noisseville’s best grade is for walkability: 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes beat most towns (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools lag (D−): brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate. Buying in is costly: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 40% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Noisseville 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 Noisseville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Noisseville 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.
Noisseville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Noisseville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
4.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Noisseville. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Noisseville.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les Hauts de BlémontNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 83 | 76%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Noisseville has 100 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Unemployment stood at 7.2%, below Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found nearly one in ten 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €11.96/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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Moselle: 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 75 residents of Noisseville died, against 91 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. 3 GPs practise in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.9% of the population. 26% of residents are 65 or over, above both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Noisseville has a median age of 44.3 years.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Noisseville | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 4.6% of the total, below Moselle’s towns (5.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Noisseville is Monument du Souvenir Français. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Noisseville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Noisseville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noisseville | 1,109 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz | 3,554 | 3.2 | C− | D− | C− | C |
| Metz | 122,572 | 4.2 | D | C− | D | C |
| Woippy | 14,967 | 5.5 | D− | D | C− | D− |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin | 4,684 | 5.8 | B | C− | A | B− |
| Courcelles-Chaussy | 3,006 | 5.8 | A | A− | A− | C− |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 4,102 | 5.9 | C | C− | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Noisseville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Noisseville is a commune of 1,109 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
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.