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The town has 1,844 residents and lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Fewer journeys need a car: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Novéant-sur-Moselle 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.
Each subject compares Novéant-sur-Moselle 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.
Novéant-sur-Moselle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Novéant-sur-Moselle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Parc de l'ancien château, in Arry, 1.9 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Novéant-sur-Moselle. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Novéant-sur-Moselle.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Novéant-sur-Moselle is Centre hospitalier de Pont A Mousson, 8.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 142 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 161, 13% more. At birth, a girl in Moselle can expect 83.6 years and a boy 79.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 3 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Bus, tram or train carried 7.5% of working residents in Novéant-sur-Moselle to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.5%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Moselle’s towns (12.3%).
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 €8.10/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
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Degrees are held by 27% of adults. Line up the people of Novéant-sur-Moselle by age and the one in the middle is 48.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Novéant-sur-Moselle | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Novéant-sur-Moselle 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 Novéant-sur-Moselle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novéant-sur-Moselle | 1,844 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3,919 | 3.1 | B | B | A− | C+ |
| Ars-sur-Moselle | 4,616 | 4 | C | B− | B+ | D |
| Marly | 10,286 | 5.9 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
| Moulins-lès-Metz | 5,265 | 6.1 | C | C− | D | C+ |
| Scy-Chazelles | 2,753 | 6.9 | — | D | — | C |
| Montigny-lès-Metz | 21,718 | 7 | C− | C− | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Novéant-sur-Moselle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Novéant-sur-Moselle is a commune of 1,844 people in the Communauté de communes Mad et 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
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 9, 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.