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In Moselle, Grand Est, this town has 6,171 residents.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Overall, Petite-Rosselle earns a B: better than 58% of compared French towns, and #15 of 68 in Moselle. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is within reach: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. What holds it back is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 15.3% unemployment.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Petite-Rosselle 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.
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The one thing Petite-Rosselle does most differently from other towns.
Petite-Rosselle has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1998.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Petite-Rosselle has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Carreau minier Vuillemin-Wendel: Photo: BILDETOJ · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Petite-Rosselle.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Petite-Rosselle have one GP on hand. In Moselle, women can expect to live 83.6 years and men 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 527 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 808, 53% more.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Petite-Rosselle’s tally for 2025: 88 recorded offenses. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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 sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.34/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 exam results, it comes #15 of 78 in Moselle. At the lycées within 5 km of Petite-Rosselle, 91.9% passed the bac, close to both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis ArmandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 74%−8 pts |
| Lycée Antoine Gapp - Site de Forbach PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 77 | 100%+4 pts |
| Collège Pierre AdtBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 86 | 87%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The census found 7.0% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The median disposable income was €22,620 a year per consumption unit, below both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 19th century. Petite-Rosselle has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
20% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Petite-Rosselle is 44.5. Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Petite-Rosselle | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Petite-Rosselle. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau Barrabino3.7 km southeast, in ForbachAttractionAttractionLe carreau Wendelin townMuseumMuseumLes Mineurs Wendelin townChâteauChâteauChâteau du Schlossberg4.3 km southeast, in ForbachArt galleryArt galleryGalerie d'exposition de la Médiathèque3.9 km southeast, in ForbachPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Petite-Rosselle.
Étienne Jung: Jung67, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Petite-Rosselle is a commune of 6,171 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petite-Rosselle | 6,171 | — | B | A− | A | D− |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 2.3 | C | B+ | C | D− |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 3 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Stiring-Wendel | 10,956 | 3.3 | B− | B | B+ | D− |
| Œting | 2,599 | 3.6 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 4.4 | B− | B | A | C− |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 4.5 | B | A− | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #11 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 51 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #15 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 100% of 77 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Antoine Gapp - Site de Forbach in 2025, 4 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.
