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Home to 1,327 people, this town lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Cost of living is its strong suit — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (D). It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Retonfey 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.
The one thing Retonfey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Retonfey 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.
Retonfey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Retonfey has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Retonfey.
At the census, 2.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.8%. Retonfey holds 100 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each.
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.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 98 deaths in Retonfey from 2016 to 2025; there were 97, 1% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Retonfey come to 99 per 100 predicted. This Moselle town has one family doctor.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €11.96/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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century. 6.6% of its homes were built before 1919, above Moselle’s towns (5.3%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Graduates make up 37% of adults. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, above both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Retonfey has a median age of 48 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Retonfey | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
2025 saw 5 offenses recorded in Retonfey. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.1 cases of violence against people and 4.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Burglary topped the graded crimes in Retonfey (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 84.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Retonfey. Best known first.
Retonfey has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Monument du 1er Corps d'Armée allemand: Photo: Aimelaime · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Retonfey yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retonfey | 1,327 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz | 3,554 | 4.6 | C− | D− | C− | C |
| Courcelles-Chaussy | 3,006 | 4.7 | A | A− | A− | C− |
| Metz | 122,572 | 5.5 | D | C− | D | C |
| Woippy | 14,967 | 6.8 | D− | D | C− | D− |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin | 4,684 | 7.2 | B | C− | A | B− |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 4,102 | 7.3 | C | C− | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Retonfey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Retonfey is a commune of 1,327 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Chemin-Pays de Pange. 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 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.