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2,599 people live in this town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Where it does best is jobs & income (A): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. The weak point is walkability — 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Œting 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.
The one thing Œting does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Œting 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.
Œting has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Œting 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, 6.4 mi away.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Œting.
4.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.2%, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 196 deaths in Œting from 2016 to 2025; there were 192, 2% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Œting records 98 deaths per 100 expected, lower than Moselle’s towns (103) yet higher than compared French towns (88). In Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 0.8 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #8 of 78 in Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 68%−15 pts |
| Lycée Jean MoulinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 186 | 95%+2 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
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
Just over a third of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, near Moselle’s towns (22%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Œting is 47.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Œting | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
The 2025 count: 6 offenses in Œting. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 4.3. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 48.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Œting. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau Barrabino2.1 km northwest, in ForbachMuseumMuseumLa Mine, musée du carreau Wendel5 km northwest, in Petite-RosselleAttractionAttractionPuits Sainte-Marthe3.7 km north, in Stiring-WendelTheme parkTheme parkParc Accrobranche1.5 km northwest, in ForbachArt galleryArt galleryGalerie d'exposition de la Médiathèque2 km northwest, in ForbachPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Œting 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 Œting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Œting | 2,599 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 1.1 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 1.3 | C | B+ | C | D− |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 1.9 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Stiring-Wendel | 10,956 | 2.2 | B− | B | B+ | D− |
| Spicheren | 3,143 | 2.8 | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 3.4 | B− | B | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Œting has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns and #8 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 95% of 186 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Moulin in 2025, 2 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
Œting is a commune of 2,599 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 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.