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SchweyenMoselle

A town of 319 in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Schweyen a good place to live?

Schweyen is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Schweyen’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Schweyen’s story

No historic monuments in Schweyen

The Culture ministry lists no building in Schweyen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ossuaire près de l'église, in Schorbach, 5.5 mi away.

0% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Schweyen.

Who lives here

Few people in Schweyen are 15 to 24: 7.9%, fewer than in Moselle’s towns and compared French towns

Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults. 14% are under 15, lower than both Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Schweyen are older than 49.7.

49.7median age
SchweyenMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Schweyen
SchweyenMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1514%17%17%
15–247.9%11%11%
25–4421%24%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+23%22%22%
No diploma20%23%19%
CAP or BEP28%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education22%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Schweyen has lower unemployment than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%

4.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Schweyen has 100 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.7 per worker. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,670 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Bicycle3%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Schweyen, 0.7 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Schweyen costs less than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.56/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€9.56/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Schweyen€9.56/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.54 to €12.12/m² a month)
€9.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Motocross Schweyen and 2 more in and around Schweyen

Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Schweyen. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Schweyen

11pages on Schweyen

Landmarks

Nothing in Schweyen is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Schweyen

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Schweyen yet.

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Schweyen’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Moselle →
BitcheSarregueminesGrosbliederstroffHambachBitcheSarregueminesGrosbliederstroffHambachSchweyen
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Schweyen319—————
Bitche4,9667.6A−AA−C−
Sarreguemines20,14315C+B+CD
Grosbliederstroff3,34617—A−—C
Hambach2,76617—A−—C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Schweyen

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Schweyen is a commune of 319 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche. 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

Population
319 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.3 km²)
INSEE code
57641

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.