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A town of 9,371 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Rombas grades C overall: better than 26% of compared French towns, and #42 of 68 in Moselle. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 13.1% unemployment. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Rombas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rombas 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 Rombas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hubert, in Gandrange, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Rombas. Best known first.
ZooParc zoologique d'Amnéville3.2 km east, in Hagondange
Theme parkWalygator Grand-Est4.9 km southeast, in Maizières-lès-Metz
AttractionThe Monster4.9 km southeast, in HagondangeAttractionAttractionLa grotte de la Fliegen Mausin townAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Justemont3.3 km north, in Vitry-sur-OrnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rombas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Rombas records 105 deaths per 100 expected, close to Moselle’s towns (103) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 949 residents of Rombas died, against 904 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. The nearest emergency department to Rombas is Centre hospitalier de Briey Hopital Maillot, 7.4 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Unemployment stood at 13.1%, about level with Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €22,920 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 6.3% of working residents in Rombas went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Rombas, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). In all, 227 offenses reached the police record here in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 12.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.5 (2023–2025 average).
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #43 of 78 in Moselle. Near Rombas, 91.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Julie DaubiéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 79%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Julie DaubiéNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 265 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.91/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
Graduates make up 23% of adults. 12% of the population is aged 15 to 24, above both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Rombas are older than 44.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Rombas | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Rombas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Rombas.
Marie Hackin: Anonymous Unknown author , no author disclosure, Public domain · Alphonse Aubertin: Henri Thiriat, Public domain · Théo Braun: Raymoje, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rombas | 9,371 | — | C | C+ | B | D |
| Clouange | 3,824 | 0.9 | C+ | C+ | B− | B− |
| Amnéville | 10,875 | 1.5 | D | D | C+ | D |
| Vitry-sur-Orne | 2,884 | 1.6 | C− | C− | A− | C− |
| Gandrange | 3,031 | 2.3 | C+ | C | A | C− |
| Marange-Silvange | 6,539 | 2.4 | C+ | C− | A | D |
| Moyeuvre-Grande | 7,311 | 2.5 | C− | B+ | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #28 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 74 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #43 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 98% of 265 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Julie Daubié in 2025, 3 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
Rombas is a commune of 9,371 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Orne 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.