The local economy does well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment. Fewer journeys need a car: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is its weak spot — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is half of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Scy-Chazelles has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Scy-Chazelles 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.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Scy-Chazelles’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Moselle, women can expect to live 83.6 years and men 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, Scy-Chazelles’ deaths ran at 95 per 100 expected, lower than Moselle’s towns (103) yet higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 228 residents of Scy-Chazelles died, against 239 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Scy-Chazelles · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Regional D Instruction des Armees Legouest
4.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital clinique Claude Bernard
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
3 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2007
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Scy-Chazelles counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2007. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments here is Église de Chazelles.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Scy-Chazelles than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: 46% of adults
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. Children under 15 make up 15%, lower than both Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.4% of residents.
46.9median age
Scy-ChazellesMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education46%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
88.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the 12 collèges within 5 km, 2.5 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #33 of 78 in Moselle. The bac pass rate near Scy-Chazelles is 91.7%, in line with Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Scy-Chazelles
Is Scy-Chazelles safe?
Scy-Chazelles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Scy-Chazelles good?
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns and #33 of 78 in Moselle. 99% of 165 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean XXIII in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Scy-Chazelles
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Scy-Chazelles is a commune of 2,753 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
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.
