Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,014 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Rédange has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 45% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Rédange does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rédange 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rédange as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Nécropole mérovingienne, in Audun-le-Tiche, 2.3 mi away.
21% 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 Rédange.
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
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up a quarter of adults. Also worth knowing: the age that splits Rédange in two is 46.1.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Rédange | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 57 residents of Rédange died, against 69 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Rédange is Centre hospitalier de Mont St Martin Groupe Sos Sante, 6.9 mi away.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 7.1 mi away. For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile ZolaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 82%−6 pts |
| Collège Théodore MonodBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 143 | 90%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
100 jobs are based in Rédange, for 450 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 16.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 10.4% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Rédange is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Rédange.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rédange | 1,014 | — | — | D | — | B |
| Villerupt Meurthe-et-Moselle | 10,102 | 2.1 | C | C+ | C | C |
| Audun-le-Tiche | 7,356 | 2.2 | C | D | C | B− |
| Hussigny-Godbrange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3,912 | 2.4 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Haucourt-Moulaine Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3,495 | 5.2 | B | C | A | B+ |
| Ottange | 2,960 | 5.9 | B− | C− | A+ | C− |
| Herserange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4,170 | 6.2 | C | C+ | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rédange has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 9 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 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 54% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Rédange is a commune of 1,014 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Haut Val d'Alzette. 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.