Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 4,519 residents and lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes’s grades pull in different directions. Where it falls short is health (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The town ranks #31 of 68 in Moselle, with a C+ overall. It comes out better than just over a third of compared French towns. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes 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 Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Georges, in Roncourt, 1.9 mi away.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
459 deaths in Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 377: 22% above. Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
The median disposable income was €26,530 a year per consumption unit, higher than Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and near compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly one in ten commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #57 of 78 in Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gabriel PiernéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 89%−1 pt |
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.
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
The 2025 count: 77 offenses in Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.9. The commonest graded crime in the town was theft from vehicles (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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 3.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Aged 15 to 24: 9.9% of residents. People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, below Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 28% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes yet.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes is a commune of 4,519 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes | 4,519 | — | C+ | C | B | D |
| Auboué Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2,650 | 1.8 | C | A− | B+ | C− |
| Montois-la-Montagne | 2,711 | 1.9 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Homécourt Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6,254 | 1.9 | C− | A− | C+ | C− |
| Jœuf Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6,392 | 2.4 | C | A | C− | B− |
| Moyeuvre-Grande | 7,311 | 4.6 | C− | B+ | B− | D |
| Val de Briey Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8,130 | 5.6 | C+ | C+ | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #32 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #57 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 9, 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.