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With 1,263 residents, it is a town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Where it does best is walkability — 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add jobs & income to its strengths — 0.1 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 50% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Russange 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 Russange does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Russange 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.
Russange 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 Russange as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Nécropole mérovingienne, in Audun-le-Tiche, 0.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Russange.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.85/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
6.7% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 1.1% of working residents in Russange didn’t travel to work at all. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 14.9% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, below Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up 34% of adults. Typical age in Russange: 44.1, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Russange | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
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. From 2016 to 2025, 91 residents of Russange died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Russange is Centre hospitalier de Mont St Martin Groupe Sos Sante, 8.6 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 0.7 mi off. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile ZolaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 82%−6 pts |
| Collège Théodore MonodBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 143 | 90%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Russange is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Russange.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russange | 1,263 | — | — | D | — | C+ |
| Audun-le-Tiche | 7,356 | 0.6 | C | D | C | B− |
| Villerupt Meurthe-et-Moselle | 10,102 | 1.5 | C | C+ | C | C |
| Hussigny-Godbrange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3,912 | 3.9 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Ottange | 2,960 | 4.2 | B− | C− | A+ | C− |
| Haucourt-Moulaine Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3,495 | 6.8 | B | C | A | B+ |
| Herserange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4,170 | 7.8 | C | C+ | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Russange has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.5 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 54% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Russange is a commune of 1,263 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Haut Val d'Alzette. 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.