Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,175 people call this town in Moselle, Grand Est home.
Households here earn well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment. The weak point is schools: bac results 1.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.3 points below the expected rate. It also trails on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 40% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Richemont 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.
Each subject compares Richemont 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.
Richemont has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Richemont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hubert, in Gandrange, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Richemont. Best known first.
ZooParc zoologique d'Amnéville3.9 km southwest, in HagondangeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Justemont4.1 km west, in Vitry-sur-OrneMuseumMuseumArchéosite Celte2.6 km south, in MondelangeGardenGardenJardin des Traces2.9 km north, in UckangeMuseumMuseumCentre de Documentation + Musée « Moselle en Guerre 1939-45 »3.6 km south, in HagondangePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Richemont.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Richemont is 85.5%, below both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 1.8 mi to the nearest one. At the two general lycées, 88% of 363 candidates passed the bac, 5 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La SourceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 122 | 70%−13 pts |
| Lycée des métiers Gustave EiffelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 25 | 88% |
| Lycée professionnel Jean MacéBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 109 | 82%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. 366 deaths in Richemont between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 240: 53% above. The nearest emergency department to Richemont is Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville, 6.5 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.51/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
7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 7.0% of working residents in Richemont went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. 31% of adults hold a degree, higher than Moselle’s towns (24%) and near compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: the age that splits Richemont in two is 44.7.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Richemont | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Over 2025, Richemont logged 21 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.1 cases of violence against people and 11.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 27.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Richemont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Richemont as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richemont | 2,175 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Mondelange | 5,699 | 1.1 | D | C− | B− | D |
| Gandrange | 3,031 | 1.5 | C+ | C | A | C− |
| Bousse | 3,236 | 1.6 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ |
| Uckange | 7,021 | 1.8 | D− | C− | C | D |
| Hagondange | 9,278 | 2 | C− | C | B− | D |
| Amnéville | 10,875 | 2.4 | D | D | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Richemont has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. 88% of 25 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers Gustave Eiffel in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Richemont is a commune of 2,175 people in the Communauté de communes Rives de Moselle. 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.