Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,417 people, lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Petit-Réderching’s best grade is for cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 26% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add schools to its strengths — brevet results a point above the expected rate. Where it falls short is health (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Petit-Réderching 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 Petit-Réderching 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.
Petit-Réderching has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Petit-Réderching as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ossuaire près de l'église, in Schorbach, 4.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Petit-Réderching.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.28/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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean SeitlingerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Petit-Réderching records 97 deaths per 100 expected, below Moselle’s towns (103) but above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 138 residents of Petit-Réderching died, against 143 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Moselle is 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Petit-Réderching by age and the one in the middle is 47.8. The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Petit-Réderching | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €26,170 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Petit-Réderching. Best known first.
Nothing in Petit-Réderching is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Petit-Réderching as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petit-Réderching | 1,417 | — | — | A+ | — | C |
| Bitche | 4,966 | 5.6 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Sarreguemines | 20,143 | 11 | C+ | B+ | C | D |
| Hambach | 2,766 | 12 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin | 2,731 | 13 | B+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Sarralbe | 4,364 | 14 | B− | A− | B+ | D |
| Woustviller | 2,786 | 14 | — | A− | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Petit-Réderching has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Petit-Réderching is a commune of 1,417 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche. 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.