Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 154 residents, it is a town in Moselle, Grand Est.
At under 1,000 residents, Obervisse is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Obervisse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ossuaire (ancien), in Niedervisse, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Obervisse.
Just over a third of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, lower than both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Residents of Obervisse have a median age of 46.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Obervisse | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 37% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 7.7%, below Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Obervisse didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BergpfadNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 87%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.09/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Obervisse. Best known first.
Nothing in Obervisse 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 Obervisse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obervisse | 154 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 3,572 | 3.6 | A+ | A− | A+ | D |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg | 2,888 | 3.9 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Boulay-Moselle | 5,434 | 4.4 | A− | B+ | B | D |
| Carling | 3,291 | 6.1 | A | A | A+ | A− |
| Creutzwald | 12,254 | 6.1 | C− | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Créhange | 3,691 | 6.3 | B+ | A− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Obervisse is a commune of 154 people in the Communauté de communes Houve-Pays Boulageois. 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.