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The town, home to 2,301 people, lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add jobs & income to its strengths (A−) — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. Health is its weak spot (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above 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 · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Rohrbach-lès-Bitche 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 Rohrbach-lès-Bitche does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rohrbach-lès-Bitche 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.
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Rohrbach-lès-Bitche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine du château, in Rahling, 4.4 mi away.
4% 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 Rohrbach-lès-Bitche.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.28/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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (79 places) counts its residents as Rohrbach-lès-Bitche’s; allowing for it, deaths were 1% above expected. 340 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 246: 38% above. The nearest emergency department to Rohrbach-lès-Bitche is Hopital St Joseph Bitche Ch Robert Pax, 7 mi away. 4 GPs practise here.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean SeitlingerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 8.8%, below Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Bus, tram or train carried 2.6% of working residents in Rohrbach-lès-Bitche to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 25% of the population. Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 28% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Rohrbach-lès-Bitche | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Rohrbach-lès-Bitche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Rohrbach-lès-Bitche.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohrbach-lès-Bitche | 2,301 | — | — | A+ | — | C− |
| Bitche | 4,966 | 7.3 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Sarreguemines | 20,143 | 10 | C+ | B+ | C | D |
| Hambach | 2,766 | 11 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin | 2,731 | 11 | B+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Sarralbe | 4,364 | 12 | B− | A− | B+ | D |
| Woustviller | 2,786 | 12 | — | A− | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 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 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche is a commune of 2,301 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche. 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.