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1,590 people live in this town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment. Homes are dear: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 6% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saulny 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 Saulny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saulny 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.
Saulny 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 Saulny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Norroy-le-Veneur, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saulny. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saulny.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 83 residents of Saulny died, against 127 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% fewer. In Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Saulny is Hopital Regional D Instruction des Armees Legouest, 4.8 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
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
Unemployment stood at 4.5%, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.3% of working residents in Saulny went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Saulny in two is 46.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saulny | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.6% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.3 mi away. For collège, the closest is 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 109 | 85%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel René CassinNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 175 | 82%+4 pts |
| Collège Jules FerryBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 77 | 81%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saulny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saulny yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulny | 1,590 | — | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Woippy | 14,967 | 2.2 | D− | D | C− | D− |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin | 4,684 | 2.9 | B | C− | A | B− |
| Scy-Chazelles | 2,753 | 3.2 | — | D | — | C |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 4,102 | 3.4 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Marange-Silvange | 6,539 | 4.2 | C+ | C− | A | D |
| Moulins-lès-Metz | 5,265 | 4.2 | C | C− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saulny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 45% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Saulny is a commune of 1,590 people in the Metz Métropole. 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.