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A town of 1,305 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Rémelfing has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 9% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rémelfing 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Rémelfing as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Musée régional, in Sarreguemines, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Rémelfing. Best known first.
AttractionMoulin de la Blies - Musée des techniques faïencières4.1 km north, in Sarreguemines
MuseumMusée de la faïence de Sarreguemines2.5 km northwest, in Sarreguemines
ChâteauChâteau Utzschneider3.2 km north, in SarregueminesGardenGardenJardin des Faïenciers4.2 km north, in SarregueminesAttractionAttractionAncien four à faïence2.5 km northwest, in SarregueminesAttractionAttractionChâteau de Sarreguemines2.9 km northwest, in SarregueminesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rémelfing.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Rémelfing, that is below both Moselle’s towns (€12.17/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rémelfing sits above both Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. At the census, 6.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Rémelfing has 250 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 133 residents of Rémelfing died, against 140 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Rémelfing, 96.0% passed the bac, above both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sainte-Chrétienne PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée Jean de PangeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 334 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée des métiers transfrontalier des services aux entreprises Henri NominéBest against expectations: 27 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 69 | 90%+27 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Rémelfing below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 14% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Rémelfing | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Rémelfing is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Rémelfing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rémelfing | 1,305 | — | — | A | — | C |
| Sarreguemines | 20,143 | 1.8 | C+ | B+ | C | D |
| Hambach | 2,766 | 2.9 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Woustviller | 2,786 | 4.1 | — | A− | — | D |
| Grosbliederstroff | 3,346 | 5.4 | — | A− | — | C |
| Sarralbe | 4,364 | 7.2 | B− | A− | B+ | D |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs | 3,016 | 7.9 | — | A− | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rémelfing has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 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 64% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 334 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean de Pange 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
Rémelfing is a commune of 1,305 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Sarreguemines Confluences. 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.