A town of contrasts. Its strongest is walkability: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools do well: bac results 2.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 0.6 points below the expected rate. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, better than 51% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #22 of 68 in Moselle.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Sarrebourg 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sarrebourg.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Getting about on foot is easier in Sarrebourg than in 89% of compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €22,700 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Sarrebourg: 10,500, for 4,800 residents in work (2.2 each). Of those in the labour force, 13.8% are unemployed.
22%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving63%
On foot13%
Public transport8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
10,500
jobs based in Sarrebourg, 2.2 per working resident
13.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
14%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Adjusted for age and care homes, Sarrebourg sees more deaths than 88% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Sarrebourg has 15 family doctors. Adjusted mortality locally: 106 deaths for every 100 expected. 1,370 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,101: 24% above. Life expectancy in Moselle: 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
15
GPs in Sarrebourg · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas
0.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More pass the bac at the lycées near Sarrebourg than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 96.6%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Sarrebourg, higher than Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). On school results, the town ranks #3 of 78 in Moselle. The bac pro: 92% of 134 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Sarrebourg has 6 historic monuments, 3 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Nearly one in ten homes date from before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Sarrebourg is Fortifications (restes). For its size, Sarrebourg has 4.9 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. The protected list starts in the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
More crime per resident in Sarrebourg than in 61% of compared French towns
Graded property crimes ran at 13.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 9.9 (2023–2025 average). All told, Sarrebourg had 302 recorded offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
9.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage83
Family violence58
Other physical violence56
Burglary36
Sexual violence31
Theft from vehicles22
Vehicle theft16
Theft without violence66
Drug use51
Fraud49
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.
9.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
302
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Sarrebourg costs less than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.67/m² a month
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.
€10.67/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Sarrebourg€10.67/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€10.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.36 to €13.62/m² a month)
€9.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Sarrebourg skews young, with 15% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns
14% are under 15, below Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. At 41.8, the median resident of Sarrebourg sits in the middle of the age range. Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents.
41.8median age
SarrebourgMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
15%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Charles Mangin: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Anatole de Baudot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Erwin Menny: Scheck, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yohan Croizet: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Michel Diefenbacher: Michel Diefenbacher, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jonathan Fournel: Henriette miller, CC BY 4.0
Sarrebourg’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sarrebourg
Is Sarrebourg safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #50 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 36 burglaries and 83 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sarrebourg good?
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #3 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 99% of 286 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles Mangin in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Sarrebourg
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Sarrebourg is a commune of 12,170 people in the Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. 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
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.
