Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Work and incomes are strong: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Taken together, its subjects give Phalsbourg a B+ overall, better than 72% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #13 of 68 in Moselle. Add cost of living to its strengths (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 35% 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 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
How Phalsbourg grades
Each subject compares Phalsbourg 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Phalsbourg.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Phalsbourg than in Moselle or compared French towns: 81 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1991. Phalsbourg has 38 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 37 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
38historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit37
16th c.
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected
1991
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Phalsbourg sees more deaths than 75% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Phalsbourg come to 98 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 442 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 524, 19% more. 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. For a family doctor, residents of Phalsbourg can choose among 7 GPs.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Phalsbourg · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Sainte Catherine de Saverne
4.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Sainte Catherine de Saverne
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Phalsbourg has less crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Phalsbourg, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). For 2025, the figures show 94 offenses locally. The town has 3,000 jobs for 2,100 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Violence against people averaged 10.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.6.
10.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Family violence30
Other physical violence17
Sexual violence13
Armed robbery0
Drug use37
Fraud26
Theft without violence15
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.
10.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
94
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 3.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Schools
86.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 6.6 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Phalsbourg is 100.0%, higher than both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #20 of 78 in Moselle.
100%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Phalsbourg has lower unemployment than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7%
Half of residents lived on more than €25,370 a year per consumption unit, above Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Just over one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Phalsbourg didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
3,000
jobs based in Phalsbourg, 1.4 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
28% of adults hold a degree, between Moselle’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Phalsbourg is 41.9 years old. Over-65s are 21% of the population.
41.9median age
PhalsbourgMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
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Phalsbourg’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Phalsbourg
Is Phalsbourg safe?
It grades B for safety, #33 of 68 in Moselle.
Are schools in Phalsbourg good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #20 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 100% of 80 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Erckmann Chatrian 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.
About Phalsbourg
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Phalsbourg is a commune of 4,688 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Phalsbourg. 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
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.
